Job 22:13

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

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In The King James Version

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

In Context

12Have you not considered that God is higher than the heavens and is lifted above the height of the stars?

14and, “The clouds are his hiding-place,” and, “He does not examine us closely,” and, “He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens.”

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Cross References

Job 34:22There is no darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.

Psalms 59:7Save me with your right hand, and hear me.

Psalms 73:11Why do you turn your hand away, even your right hand, from the midst of your sinews, until the end?

Psalms 139:7I said to the Lord: You are my God. O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.

Jeremiah 23:24If a man is hidden in concealed places, do I not see him, says the Lord? Do I not fill up heaven and earth, says the Lord?

Ezekiel 9:9And he said to me: “The iniquity of the house of Israel, and of Judah, is vast and exceedingly great, and the land has been filled with blood, and the city has been filled with what is abhorrent. For they have said: ‘The Lord has forsaken the earth,’ and, ‘The Lord does not see.’

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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