Job 12:22
Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
In Context
21Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.
23Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants saith, 'Nay, my lord, O king, for Elisha the prophet, who [is] in Israel, declareth to the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in the inner part of thy bed-chamber.'
Job 11:6And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.
Job 28:20And the wisdom — whence doth it come? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?
Psalms 44:21Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Psalms 139:12Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
Amos 5:8The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day [as] night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah [is] His name;
Matthew Henry on Job 12:13-25
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth… Read the whole commentary →