Job 22:13
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Job 22:13 in other translations
| BSB | Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness? |
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| WEB | You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? |
| ASV | And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? |
| YLT | And thou hast said, ‘What--hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge? |
| DARBY | And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud? |
| BBE | And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark? |
| Webster | And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? |
What does Job 22:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 22:5-14
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.
Job 22:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 22:13
- Ezekiel 8:12
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
- Psalms 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
- Ezekiel 9:9
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.
- Psalms 73:11
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
- Psalms 94:7-9
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
- Psalms 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
- Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
- Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
- Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.
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Context
- Job 22:12
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
- Job 22:13
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
- Job 22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Job 22:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Y dirás tú: Qué sabe Dios? ¿cómo juzgará por medio de la oscuridad? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tu as dit: Qu’est-ce que ✶Dieu sait? Jugera-t-il à travers l’obscurité des nuées? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und so sprichst du: Was sollte Gott wissen? kann er richten durch Wolkendunkel hindurch? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dicis: Quid enim novit Deus? et quasi per caliginem judicat. |