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Job 28:24
For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses humanity within a poetic discourse on wisdom, positioned between statements about God’s understanding of hidden things and His control over natural forces.
The words — יַבִּיט (ya.Bit) means “he looks,” and תַּחַת (Ta.chat) means “under,” forming the clause “he looks under all the heavens.”
The thread — This theme of divine surveillance appears in Proverbs 15:3, Zechariah 4:10, and 2 Chronicles 16:9, where God’s eyes scan the earth.
Why it lands — The text states that God observes every extremity of creation, requiring the reader to acknowledge human limitation against divine omniscience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
Cross-references
- Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Zechariah 4:10 For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
- 2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
- Psalms 33:13 The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
- Revelation 5:6 Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.