King James Version

Job 11:9

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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אֲרֻכָּ֣הarukahlongאָרֹךְadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “long”, the ordinary formH752longlong.מֵאֶ֣רֶץmeeretsfrom earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “from earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מִדָּ֑הּmidahmeasureמַדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “measure”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4055properly, extent, i.e. height; also a measure; by implication, a vesture (as measured); also a carpetarmour, clothes, garment, judgment, measure, raiment, stature.וּ֝רְחָבָ֗הurechavahand broadרָחָבconjunction, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “and broad”, the ordinary formH7342roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figurativelybroad, large, at liberty, proud, wide.מִנִּיminifromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.יָֽםyamseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

Young’s Literal Translation

Longer than earth [is] its measure, And broader than the sea.

World English Bible

Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Darby Translation

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Douay-Rheims

The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἢ μακρότερα μέτρου γῆς, ἢ εὔρους θαλάσσης;

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