Job 22:12
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
- KJV
- Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
- WEB
- “Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
- ASV
- Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
- DARBY
- Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
- BLB
- Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold, the head of the stars, how exalted they are!
- ÅB
- Er ikke Gud høy som himmelen? Og se de øverste stjerner, hvor høyt de står!
- OTB
- “Er ikke Gud i himmelens høyder?
Og se de høyeste stjernene, hvor høye de er! - B1930
- Er ikke Gud høi som himmelen? Og se de øverste stjerner, hvor høit de står!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 66:1
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:2
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Read in contextJob 11:8
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
Read in contextPsalms 8:3–4
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Read in contextIsaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Read in contextPsalms 115:3
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Read in contextPsalms 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
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