Christian Standard Bible
Job 22:13
13Yet you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through total darkness?
Job 22:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
- New International Version (NIV)Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?
Context of Job 22:13
11or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. 12Isn’t God as high as the heavens? And look at the highest stars — how lofty they are! Yet you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through total darkness? 14Clouds veil him so that he cannot see, as he walks on the circle of the sky.” 15Will you continue on the ancient path that wicked men have walked?
Read all of Job 22Job 22:13 word by word
וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:13
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; he hides his face and will never see.”
- Psalms 59:7Look, they spew from their mouths — sharp words from their lips. “For who,” they say, “will hear?”
- Psalms 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High know everything?”
- Psalms 94:7They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it. The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”
- Ezekiel 8:12He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”
- Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; he does not see.’
- Zephaniah 1:12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who settle down comfortably, who say to themselves: The Lord will do nothing — good or bad.
Commentaries on Job 22:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13And thou sayest, How doth God know? - That is, it “follows” from what you have said; or the opinion which you have advanced is “the same” as if you had affirmed this. How common it is to charge a man with holding what we “infer,” from something which he has advanced, he must hold, and then to proceed to argue “as if” he actually held that. The philosophy of this is plain. He advances a certain opinion. “We” infer at once that he can hold that only on…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and that he did harm with his wealth and power in the time of his prosperity.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14What does God know?: Job did not claim that God cannot see, but others have (see Psalms 10:11; 73:11; 94:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Rather, And yet thou sayest, God does not concern Himself with ("know") human affairs (Psa 73:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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