Job 22:12
Doesn't God live high in heaven and looks down on even the highest stars?
Free Bible 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
11That's why it's so dark you cannot see, and why you feel like you're drowning.
13But you ask, ‘What does God know? How can he see and judge what happens down here in darkness?
Cross References
Job 35:5Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven, and he does whatever he wants.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Be careful when you go into God's house. It's better to listen and respond rather than offer meaningless sacrifices. People who do that don't even know they are doing wrong.
Isaiah 57:15This is what the one who is high above all says, he who lives in eternity, whose name is holy: I live in a high and holy place, together with those who repent and who act humbly, restoring their spirits and encouraging them.
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 →