Job 22:12
Is not God in the height of heaven? and beholding the highest elevation of the stars, however high they are?
Leeser Tanakh
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
11Or seest thou not the darkness? and the abundance of water which covereth thee?
13But thou sayest, “What doth God know? can he judge behind the darkness?
Cross References
Job 35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.
Psalms 115:3Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done.
Ecclesiastes 5:1(4:17) Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken [to his will], more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil [to themselves].
Isaiah 57:15For thus hath said the high and lofty One, who inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy, In the high and holy place do I dwell, yet also with the contrite and humble of 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 →