English Standard Version
Job 22:13
13But you say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the deep 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?
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?
- New Living Translation (NLT)But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing! How can he judge through the thick darkness?
Context of Job 22:13
11or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. 12"Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are! But you say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness? 14Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.' 15Will you keep to the old way that wicked men have trod?
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 in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
- Psalms 59:7There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for "Who," they think, "will hear us?"
- Psalms 73:11And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
- Psalms 94:7and they say, "The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive."
- Ezekiel 8:12Then he said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures? For they say, 'The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.'"
- Ezekiel 9:9Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, 'The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.'
- Zephaniah 1:12At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.'
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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