Job 22:13
But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
In Context
12Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
14The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
Cross References
Job 34:22There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they brag in their talke, and swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?
Psalms 73:11And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
Psalms 139:7Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Jeremiah 23:24Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lord? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?
Ezekiel 9:9Then saide he vnto me, The iniquitie of the house of Israel, and Iudah is exceeding great, so that the lande is full of blood, and the citie full of corrupt iudgement: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth vs not.
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 →