Job 22:12

Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

11And did you think that you would not see darkness and that you were not to be overwhelmed by the onrush of overflowing waters?

13And you say: “Well, what does God know?” and, “He judges, as if through a fog,”

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Cross References

Job 35:5Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.

Psalms 115:3What shall I repay to the Lord, for all the things that he has repaid to me?

Ecclesiastes 5:1You should not speak anything rashly, nor should your heart be hasty to present a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth. For this reason, let your words be few.

Isaiah 57:15For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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 →

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