Job 22:12

Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

13And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

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Cross References

Job 35:5Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

Psalms 115:3The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

Ecclesiastes 5:1Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite 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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