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Job 22:13–14

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13Yet you say, ‘What does God know?c

Does he judge through such darkness?d

14Thick cloudse veil him, so he does not see usf

as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’g

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Cross references

  1. cver 14; Ps 10:11; 59:7; 64:5; 73:11; 94:7; Isa 29:15; Eze 9:9; Zep 1:12
  2. dPs 139:11; Eze 8:12; Eph 6:12
  3. eJob 26:9; Ps 97:2; 105:39
  4. fSee ver 13; See 2 Ki 21:16
  5. gJob 37:18; Ps 18:11; Pr 8:27; Isa 40:22; Jer 23:23–24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But you say, ‘What does God know?

Can he judge through the deep darkness?

Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,

and he walks on the vault of heaven.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet you say, “What does God know?

Can he judge through total darkness?

Clouds veil him so that he cannot see,

as he walks on the circle of the sky.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing!

How can he judge through the thick darkness?

For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us.

He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you ask, ‘What does God know?

Can he judge through deep gloom?

Thick clouds are a covering for him, so that he does not see;

and he walks about on the dome of heaven.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And thou sayest, How doth God know?

Can he judge through the dark cloud?

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not;

And he walketh in the circuit of heaven.