Job 22:12
Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
In Context
11Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.
13And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
Cross References
Job 35:5Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
Psalms 115:3But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
Ecclesiastes 5:1\5:2\Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.
Isaiah 57:15For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:6-15
Job Accused of Various Crimes. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee,… Read the whole commentary →