New International Version
Job 12:22
22He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness; he brings light to the deepest gloom.
Context of Job 12:22
20He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders. 21He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty. He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light. 23He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them. 24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
Read all of Job 12Job 12:22 word by word
מְגַלֶּ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקוֹת מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵ֖א לָא֣וֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:22
- Job 11:6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
- Job 28:20Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?
- 2 Kings 6:12“None of us, my lord the king,” said one of his officers, “but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
- Psalms 44:21would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
- Psalms 139:12even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
- Daniel 2:22He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.
- Matthew 10:26“So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
- Job 3:5May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm it.
- Job 24:17For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.
- Job 34:22There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness, where evildoers can hide.
- Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the Lord is his name.
- Luke 1:79to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path 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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