Job Chapter 22 verse 13 Holy Bible

ASV Job 22:13

And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
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BBE Job 22:13

And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
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DARBY Job 22:13

And thou sayest, What doth ùGod know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
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KJV Job 22:13

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
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WBT Job 22:13

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
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WEB Job 22:13

You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
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YLT Job 22:13

And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - And thou sayest, How doth God know? Job had not said this in so many words, but, by equalizing the godly and the wicked (Job 9:22; Job 21:23-26), he might be supposed to mean that God took no note of men's conduct, and therefore had not a perfect knowledge of all things. The psalmist implies that many men so thought (Psalm 10:11; Psalm 73:11; Psalm 94:7). Can he judge through the dark cloud? rather, through the thick darkness. God was supposed to dwell remote from man, in the highest heaven, and, according to many, "clouds and darkness were round about him" (Psalm 97:2) - he "dwelt in the thick darkness" (1 Kings 8:12) - he "made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him was waters, and thick clouds of the skies" (Psalm 18:11). The imagery was, no doubt, at first used in reference to man's inability to see and know God; but when men became familiar with it, they turned the metaphor round, and questioned God's ability to see and know anything about man. Job had not really ever shared in these doubts; but it suits Eliphaz's purpose to malign and misrepresent him.

Ellicott's Commentary