Job 22:13
11 it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
14 Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
- KJV
- And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
- WEB
- You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
- ASV
- And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
- DARBY
- And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
- BLB
- And you say, ‘What does God know? [How] can He judge through the dark cloud?
- ÅB
- Og du sier: Hva vet Gud? Kan han vel dømme gjennom mørket?
- OTB
- Likevel spør du, ‘Hva vet Gud?
Kan Han dømme gjennom den tette mørke? - B1930
- Og du sier: Hvad vet Gud? Kan han vel dømme gjennem mørket?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 8:12
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
Read in contextPsalms 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Read in contextEzekiel 9:9
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
Read in contextPsalms 73:11
The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Read in contextPsalms 94:7–9
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Read in contextPsalms 59:7
See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Read in contextIsaiah 29:15
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
Read in contextPsalms 64:5
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
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