Just how far is the east from the west?
Psalm 103:12
Psalms 103:1 - 22
ESV - 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
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Asked September 22 2021
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Jack Gutknecht
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Tim Maas
Since east and west are by definition opposite directions, the thought being expressed by the verse is speaking of that characteristic to the greatest possible degree in a two-dimensional flat plane (in other words, an infinite distance), rather than the case of a spherical surface such as earth, where lines on the surface of the sphere that start from a given point and go directly west and east will eventually meet again on the opposite side of the sphere.
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