Job 34:22
20 They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
21 For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
23 For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
24 He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
- KJV
- There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- WEB
- There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- ASV
- There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- DARBY
- There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- BLB
- There is no darkness and no shadow of death, [for] the workers of iniquity to be hidden there.
- ÅB
- det finnes intet mørke og ingen dødsskygge hvor de som gjør ondt kan skjule seg;
- OTB
- Det finnes ingen mørke eller dyp skygge
hvor ugjerningsmenn kan gjemme seg. - B1930
- det finnes intet mørke og ingen dødsskygge hvor de som gjør ondt kan skjule sig;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Read in contextAmos 9:2–3
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
Read in contextProverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
Read in contextPsalms 139:11–12
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Read in contextJeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
Read in contextJob 3:5
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Read in contextLuke 13:27
And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
Read in contextJob 24:17
For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
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