English Standard Version
Job 12:22
22He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.
Job 12:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
- New International Version (NIV)He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness; he brings light to the deepest gloom.
Context of Job 12:22
20He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders. 21He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong. He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light. 23He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away. 24He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.
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מְגַלֶּ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקוֹת מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵ֖א לָא֣וֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:22
- Job 11:6and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
- Job 28:20"From where, then, does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?
- 2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."
- Psalms 44:21would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 139:12even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
- Daniel 2:22he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
- Matthew 10:26"So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
- Job 3:5Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- Job 24:17For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
- Job 34:22There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
- Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name;
- Luke 1:79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
Commentaries on Job 12:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22He discovereth deep things out of darkness - This may refer either to God's works in the great deep, or to the plots and stratagems of wicked men, conspiracies that were deeply laid, well digested, and about to be produced into existence, when death, whose shadow had hitherto concealed them, is to glut himself with carnage.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22He discovereth deep thirsts out of darkness - That is, God discloses truths which are wholly beyond the power of man to discover - truths that seem to be hidden in profound night. This may refer either to the revelation which God was believed to have furnished, or to his power of bringing out the most secret thoughts and purposes, or to his power of predicting future events by bringing them out of darkness to the clear light of day, or to his power of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-25Verses 12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no complaints, or reflections. He…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22He reveals the deep things: This phrase might refer to Zophar’s words that God’s knowledge is "deeper than Sheol" (11:8). darkness … deep shadows: The Old Testament often describes God as living in darkness and showing himself through darkness (1 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 6:1; 2 Samuel 22:10, 12; Psalm 18:9, 11). Examples are when he gave the law at Sinai or when he comes in judgment (Deuteronomy 4:11; 5:22–23; Zephaniah 1:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. (Da 2:22).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 12
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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