Tree of Life Version
Job 34:22
22There is no gloom and no deep darkness, where evildoers can 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Context of Job 34:22
20They die in a moment, at midnight, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed without a hand. 21“For His eyes are on the ways of man; He sees all his steps. There is no gloom and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves. 23For He does not consider a man further that he should go before God in judgment. 24He shatters the mighty without inquiry, and sets others in their place.
Read all of Job 34Job 34:22 word by word
אֵֽין־חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וְאֵ֣ין צַלְמָ֑וֶת לְהִסָּ֥תֶר שָׁ֝֗ם פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 34:22
- Psalms 139:11If I say: “Surely darkness covers me, night keeps light at a distance from me,”
- Isaiah 29:15Oy , those who go to great depths to hide their plans from Adonai! Their works are in the dark. They say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
- Jeremiah 23:24Can anyone hide himself in places so secret that I will not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth?” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Amos 9:2If they should dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they should go up to heaven, from there will I bring them down.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not judge anything before the time—wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and also make clear the motives of the hearts. Then the praise for each one will come from God.
- Hebrews 4:13No creature is hidden from Him, 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 men and the military commanders and the rich and the mighty and everyone—slave and free—hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Job 3:5May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; may a cloud settle over it; may whatever blackens the day terrify it.
- Job 24:17For to all of them, morning is as thick darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
- Isaiah 9:2You will multiply the nation. You will increase the joy. They will rejoice before You like the joy in the harvest, as they revel when they divide spoil.
- Job 31:3Is it not calamity for the unjust, and disaster for workers of iniquity?
- Psalms 5:5For You are not a God who rejoices in evil. No wickedness dwells with you.
- Proverbs 10:29The way of Adonai is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a ruin to those who do evil.
- Matthew 7:23Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Get away from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’”
- Luke 13:27But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Get away from Me, all of you evildoers!’”
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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