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Job 22:12

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22:12“Is not God on high in heaven?18

And see19 the lofty stars,20 how high they are!

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Footnotes

  1. 18 This reading preserves the text as it is. The nouns “high” and “heavens” would then be taken as adverbial accusatives of place (see §118.g).
  2. 19 The parallel passage in Isa 40:26–27, as well as the context here, shows that the imperative is to be retained here. The has “he sees.”
  3. 20 Heb “head of the stars.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Is not God high in the heavens?

See the highest stars, how lofty they are!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Is not God in the heights of heaven?

And see how lofty are the highest stars!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Isn’t God as high as the heavens?

And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!

NLTNew Living Translation

“God is so great—higher than the heavens,

higher than the farthest stars.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Is not God in the height of the heavens?

But see how lofty are the highest stars.

KJV 1900King James Version

Is not God in the height of heaven?

And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!