Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness? New Living Translation But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing! How can he judge through the thick darkness? English Standard Version But you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness? Berean Standard Bible Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness? King James Bible And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? New King James Version And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness? New American Standard Bible “But you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness? NASB 1995 “You say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness? NASB 1977 “And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness? Legacy Standard Bible You say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the dense gloom? Amplified Bible “You say, ‘What does God know [about me]? Can He judge through the thick darkness? Christian Standard Bible Yet you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through total darkness? Holman Christian Standard Bible Yet you say: “What does God know? Can He judge through thick darkness? American Standard Version And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And you said: ‘What does God know? Will he judge within the thick darkness?’ Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark? Contemporary English Version Do you think the deep darkness hides you from God? Douay-Rheims Bible And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist. English Revised Version And thou sayest, What doth God know? can he judge through the thick darkness? GOD'S WORD® Translation You ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge [anything] from behind a dark cloud? Good News Translation And yet you ask, "What does God know? He is hidden by clouds--how can he judge us?" International Standard Version You've asked, 'What does God know? Can he sort through pitch black darkness?' JPS Tanakh 1917 And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud? Literal Standard Version And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness? Majority Standard Bible Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness? New American Bible Yet you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? NET Bible But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness? New Revised Standard Version Therefore you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness? New Heart English Bible You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? Webster's Bible Translation And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? World English Bible You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? Young's Literal Translation And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge? Additional Translations ... Context Eliphaz Exhorts Job…12Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are! 13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness? 14Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’… Cross References Psalm 10:11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees." Psalm 59:7 See what they spew from their mouths--sharp words from their lips: "For who can hear us?" Psalm 64:5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. "Who will see them?" they say. Psalm 73:11 The wicked say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?" Psalm 94:7 They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed." Psalm 139:11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me"-- Isaiah 29:15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, "Who sees us, and who will know?" Treasury of Scripture And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? How. Psalm 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. Psalm 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? Psalm 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? Jump to Previous Able Cloud Dark Darkness Decisions Deep Judge Thick Thickness WhatJump to Next Able Cloud Dark Darkness Decisions Deep Judge Thick Thickness WhatJob 22 1. Eliphaz shows that man's goodness profits not God5. He accuses Job of various sins 21. He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy Verse 13. - And thou sayest, How doth God know? Job had not said this in so many words, but, by equalizing the godly and the wicked (Job 9:22; Job 21:23-26), he might be supposed to mean that God took no note of men's conduct, and therefore had not a perfect knowledge of all things. The psalmist implies that many men so thought (Psalm 10:11; Psalm 73:11; Psalm 94:7). Can he judge through the dark cloud? rather, through the thick darkness. God was supposed to dwell remote from man, in the highest heaven, and, according to many, "clouds and darkness were round about him" (Psalm 97:2) - he "dwelt in the thick darkness" (1 Kings 8:12) - he "made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him was waters, and thick clouds of the skies" (Psalm 18:11). The imagery was, no doubt, at first used in reference to man's inability to see and know God; but when men became familiar with it, they turned the metaphor round, and questioned God's ability to see and know anything about man. Job had not really ever shared in these doubts; but it suits Eliphaz's purpose to malign and misrepresent him. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Yet you say:וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ (wə·’ā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what does God אֵ֑ל (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty know? יָּ֣דַֽע (yā·ḏa‘) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know Does He judge יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃ (yiš·pō·wṭ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate through הַבְעַ֖ד (haḇ·‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for thick darkness? עֲרָפֶ֣ל (‘ă·rā·p̄el) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6205: Cloud, heavy cloud Links Job 22:13 NIVJob 22:13 NLT Job 22:13 ESV Job 22:13 NASB Job 22:13 KJV Job 22:13 BibleApps.com Job 22:13 Biblia Paralela Job 22:13 Chinese Bible Job 22:13 French Bible Job 22:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 22:13 You say 'What does God know? 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