9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
Job 11:9
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Baruch 3:24–26
24 O Israel, how great is the house of God! How large is the place of his possession! (WEB) 25 It is great and has no end. It is high and unmeasurable. (WEB) 26 Giants were born that were famous of old, great of stature, and expert in war. (WEB)
Sirach 24:28–30
28 The first man didn’t know her perfectly. In like manner, the last has not explored her. (WEB) 29 For her thoughts are filled from the sea, and her counsels from the great deep. (WEB) 30 I came out as a canal stream from a river, and as an irrigation ditch into a garden. (WEB)
Prayer of Manasseh 1:5–7
5 for the majesty of your glory can’t be borne, and the anger of your threatening toward sinners is unbearable. (WEB) 6 Your merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable, (WEB) 7 for you are the Lord Most High, of great compassion, patient and abundant in mercy, and relent… (WEB)
Sirach 1:1–3
1 All wisdom comes from the Lord, and is with him forever. (WEB) 2 Who can count the sand of the seas, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity? (WEB) 3 Who will search out the height of the sky, the breadth of the earth, the deep, and wisdom? (WEB)
Job 28:14–16
14 The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’ 15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. 16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Book of Enoch 93:12–14
12 And how should there be one who could behold the heaven, and who is there that could understand the things of heaven and see a soul or a spirit and could tell thereof, or ascend and see all their ends and think them or do like them? (ENO) 13 And who is there of all men… (ENO)
Proverbs 25:2–4
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out. 3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched. 4 Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth.
Psalms 119:95–97
95 The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies. 96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit. 97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
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