Job 22:13
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
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.
15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
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
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Read in contextPsalms 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Read in contextEzekiel 9:9
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Read in contextPsalms 73:11
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Read in contextPsalms 94:7–9
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Read in contextPsalms 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Read in contextIsaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Read in contextPsalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
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