New English Translation
Job 12:22
22He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows 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 deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. 21He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful. He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light. 23He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them. 24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert 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 reveal to you the secrets of wisdom – for true wisdom has two sides – so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.
- Job 28:20“But wisdom – where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?
- 2 Kings 6:12One of his advisers said, “No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.”
- Psalms 44:21would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?
- Psalms 139:12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.
- Daniel 2:22he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him.
- Matthew 10:26“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
- Job 3:5Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!
- Job 24:17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.
- Job 34:22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.
- Amos 5:8(But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth’s surface. 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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