I'm sure you can source better quality anti-biblical material as this is a phrase still being used in the 21st Century:-
Before the hurricane, La Ceiba’s city limits represented the ends of the earth to Keldy.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
Parents of Harry Potter-loving, fairy-believing children have gone to the ends of the earth to keep this magic alive for as long as possible — but my mom was never one of them.
—Cathy Ching, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023