14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment. 15 Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken. 16 Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
Job 38:14–16
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Job 22:12–14
12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are! 13 Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness? 14 Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
Job 36:29–31
29 Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion? 30 See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea. 31 For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.
Job 12:21–23
21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty. 22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light. 23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
Psalms 88:11–13
11 Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ? 12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? 13 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
Job 9:4–6
4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered? 5 He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger. 6 He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
2 Esdras 16:57–59
57 He searches the deep and its treasures. He has measured the sea and what it contains. (WEB) 58 He has shut the sea in the midst of the waters, and with his word, he hung the earth over the waters. (WEB) 59 He has spread out the sky like a vault. He has founded it over the waters. (WEB)
Job 18:3–5
3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight? 4 You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place? 5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Job 38:3–5
3 Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me. 4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
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