Job 22:13
So why do you say, ‘What does God know about what we are doing? He is hidden from us by dark clouds, so ◄ how can he judge us?/he certainly cannot judge us.► [RHQ]’
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
In Context
Cross References
Job 34:22There is no gloom or darkness [DOU] that is so dark that sinners can hide from him in that darkness.
Psalms 59:7They loudly say terrible things; they say [MTY] many things that injure people like [MET] swords do, but they think, “No one will [RHQ] hear us!”
Psalms 73:11Wicked people say to themselves, “God will certainly not [RHQ] know what we have done; people say that he is greater than any other god, but he does not know everything.”
Psalms 139:7◄Where could I go to escape from your Spirit?/I could not go anywhere to escape from your Spirit.► [RHQ] ◄Where could I go to get away from you?/I could not go anywhere to get away from you.► [RHQ]
Jeremiah 23:24So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! That is what I, Yahweh, say!
Ezekiel 9:9He replied, “The sins of the people [MTY] of Israel and Judah are extremely great. People are murdered [MTY] everywhere in this country, and this city is full of people who act unjustly. They say, ‘Yahweh has abandoned this country, and he does not see what we are doing.’
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 →