Job 12 · Verse 22

Job 12:22

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Job 12:22, King James Version

Job 12:22 in other translations

BSBHe reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
WEBHe uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
ASVHe uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
YLTRemoving deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.
DARBYHe discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
BBEUncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;
WebsterHe revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to light the shades of death.

What does Job 12:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. (Da 2:22).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 He 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 12:12-25

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…

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Job 12:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מְגַלֶּ֣הme.ga.Leh[he is] revealingH1540
עֲ֭מֻקוֹת'A.mu.kotunfathomable [things]H6013
מִנִּי\־mi.ni-fromH4480
חֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhdarknessH2822
וַיֹּצֵ֖אvai.yo.Tze'and he brought outH3318
לָא֣וֹרla.'orto the lightH216
צַלְמָֽוֶת\׃tzal.Ma.vetdeep darknessH6757

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 12:22

  • Daniel 2:22

    He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:10

    But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

  • Job 3:5

    Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

  • Luke 1:79

    To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • Matthew 10:26

    Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

  • Amos 5:8

    Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

  • Psalms 44:21

    Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  • Job 28:20-23

    Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

  • Job 34:22

    There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Job 11:6

    And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

  • Psalms 139:12

    Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
discovereth.
11:6; 28:20-23; 2Ki 6:12; Ps 44:21; 139:12; Da 2:22; Mt 10:26
1Co 2:10; 4:5
bringeth.
3:5; 24:17; 34:22; Am 5:8; Lu 1:79

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Context

  • Job 12:21

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

  • Job 12:22

    He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

  • Job 12:23

    He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

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Job 12:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El descubre las profundidades de las tinieblas, y saca á luz la sombra de muerte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il révèle du sein des ténèbres les choses profondes, et fait sortir à la lumière l’ombre de la mort;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er enthüllt Tiefes aus der Finsternis, und Todesschatten zieht er an das Licht hervor.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui revelat profunda de tenebris, et producit in lucem umbram mortis.