English Standard Version
Job 34:22
22There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
Job 34:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- New International Version (NIV)There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness, where evildoers can hide.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- New Living Translation (NLT)No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from his eyes.
Context of Job 34:22
20In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand. 21"For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps. There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves. 23For God has no need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment. 24He shatters the mighty without investigation and sets others in their place.
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אֵֽין־חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וְאֵ֣ין צַלְמָ֑וֶת לְהִסָּ֥תֶר שָׁ֝֗ם פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:22
- Psalms 139:11If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,"
- Isaiah 29:15Ah, you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us? Who knows us?"
- Jeremiah 23:24Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
- Amos 9:2"If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
- 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.
- Hebrews 4:13And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
- Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,
- 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.
- Isaiah 9:2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
- Job 31:3Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
- Psalms 5:5The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless, but destruction to evildoers.
- Matthew 7:23And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
- Luke 13:27But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!'
Commentaries on Job 34:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22There is no darkness - In this life; and no shadow of death in the other world - no annihilation in which the workers of iniquity may hide themselves, or take refuge.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22There is no darkness - No dark cavern which can furnish a place of concealment. The guilty usually take refuge in some obscure place where people cannot detect them. But Elihu says that man has no power of concealing himself thus from God. Nor shadow of death - A phrase here signifying deep darkness; see it explained in the notes at Job 3:5. Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves - That is, where they may conceal themselves so as not to be…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-30Verses 16-30 Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condemn God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggests divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his cause before God. Elihu asks…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Evil people may try to hide in darkness (Jeremiah 23:24). But they will not succeed (Psalm 139:11–12; compare Amos 9:2–3). God reveals everything (1 Corinthians 4:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. shadow of death--thick darkness (Am 9:2, 3; Psa 139:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 34
- 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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