Job 22:14
12 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?
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?
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
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Compare
- BSB
- Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
- KJV
- Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
- WEB
- Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
- ASV
- Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
- DARBY
- Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
- BLB
- Clouds are a covering for Him, so that He does not see, and the vault of the heavens He walks about.’
- ÅB
- Skyene er et dekke for ham, så han ikke ser noe, og på himmelens hvelving vandrer han.
- OTB
- Skyer er et dekke for Ham, så Han ikke ser oss,
og Han vandrer på himmelhvelvingen.’ - B1930
- Skyene er et dekke for ham, så han ikke ser noget, og på himmelens hvelving vandrer han.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Read in contextPsalms 139:11–12
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Read in contextPsalms 33:14
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Read in contextJob 34:22
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 139:1–2
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Read in contextJob 26:9
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Read in contextLuke 12:2–3
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
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