Job 22:13
You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
In Context
12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
Cross References
Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”
Psalms 73:11They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Psalms 139:7Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
Jeremiah 23:24Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says the LORD. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.
Ezekiel 9:9Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion; for they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD doesn’t see.’
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 →