God’s Word Translation
Job 12:22
22He uncovers mysteries ⌞hidden⌟ in the darkness and brings gloom into the 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.
Context of Job 12:22
20He makes trusted advisers unable to speak and takes away the good judgment of respected leaders. 21He pours contempt on influential people and unbuckles the belt of the mighty. He uncovers mysteries ⌞hidden⌟ in the darkness and brings gloom into the light. 23He makes nations important and then destroys them. He makes nations large and leads them away. 24He takes away the common sense of a country’s leaders and makes them stumble about in a pathless wilderness.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:22 word by word
מְגַלֶּ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקוֹת מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵ֖א לָא֣וֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 12:22
- Job 11:6He would tell you the secrets of wisdom, because ⌞true⌟ wisdom is twice ⌞as great as your wisdom⌟, and you would know that God forgets your sin.
- Job 28:20“Where does wisdom come from? Where does understanding live?
- 2 Kings 6:12One of his officers answered, “No one, Your Majesty. Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel everything you say—even what you say in your bedroom.”
- Psalms 44:21wouldn’t God find out, since he knows the secrets in our hearts?
- Psalms 139:12even the darkness is not too dark for you. Night is as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same ⌞to you⌟.
- Daniel 2:22He reveals deeply hidden things. He knows what is in the dark, and light lives with him.
- Matthew 10:26So don’t be afraid of them. Nothing has been covered that will not be exposed. Whatever is secret will be made known.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10God has revealed those things to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, especially the deep things of God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore, don’t judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will also bring to light what is hidden in the dark and reveal people’s motives. Then each person will receive praise from God.
- Job 3:5Let the darkness and long shadows claim it as their own. Let a dark cloud hang over it. Let the gloom terrify it.
- Job 24:17because morning and deep darkness are the same to them, because they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness.
- Job 34:22There’s no darkness or deep shadow where troublemakers can hide.
- Amos 5:8God made the ⌞constellations⌟ Pleiades and Orion. He turns deep darkness into dawn. He turns day into night. He calls for water from the sea to pour it over the face of the earth. His name is the Lord.
- Luke 1:79He will give light to those who live in the dark and in death’s shadow. He will guide us 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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