Job 22:12
Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, || That they are high.
Literal Standard 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
11Or darkness—you do not see, || And abundance of waters covers you.
13And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?
Cross References
Job 35:5Behold attentively the heavens—and see, || And behold the clouds, || They have been higher than you.
Psalms 115:3And our God [is] in the heavens, || All that He has pleased He has done.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep your feet when you go to a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.
Isaiah 57:15For thus said the high and exalted One, || Inhabiting eternity, and His Name [is] holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, || And with the bruised and humble of spirit, || To revive the spirit of the humble, || And to revive the heart of bruised ones,
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 →