John Gill's Exposition on Job 11:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.] Length is generally ascribed to the earth, and width to the sea; the ends of the earth are used for a great distance, and the sea is called the great and wide sea; see f487 (<197201>Psalm 72:1 104:25); but God and his perfections, particularly his wisdom and understanding, are infinite, (<19E705>Psalm 147:5); and will admit of no dimensions; as his love, so his wisdom, has an height which cannot be reached, a depth that cannot be fathomed, and a length and breadth immeasurable; (see <490318>Ephesians 3:18); from hence it appears that God is omniscient, omnipresent, and incomprehensible; and since he is to be found in Christ, and in him only, it is in vain for us to seek for him elsewhere: next the sovereignty of God is discoursed of.

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