New King James Version
Job 22:13
13And 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?
- English Standard Version (ESV)But 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 an abundance of water covers you. 12“Is not God in the height of heaven? And see the highest stars, how lofty they are! And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness? 14Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.’ 15Will you keep to the old way Which 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 has said in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.”
- Psalms 59:7Indeed, they belch with their mouth; Swords are in their lips; For they say, “Who hears?”
- Psalms 73:11And they say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
- Psalms 94:7Yet they say, “The Lord does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand.”
- Ezekiel 8:12Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
- Ezekiel 9:9Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’
- Zephaniah 1:12“And it shall come to pass at that time That I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And punish the men Who are settled in complacency, Who say in their heart, ‘The Lord will not do good, Nor will He do evil.’
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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