Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Holman Bible
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!
International Standard Version
"Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!
A Conservative Version
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
American Standard Version
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Bible in Basic English
Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!
Darby Translation
Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
Julia Smith Translation
Is not God high in the heavens? and see the head of the stars for they were lifted up.
King James 2000
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[Is] not God [in the] height of [the] heavens? But see how lofty are {the highest stars}.
Modern King James verseion
Is not God high in Heaven? And behold the leading stars, for they are high.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now because that God is higher than the heavens, and because thou seest the stars are so high,
NET Bible
"Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!
New Heart English Bible
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are.
The Emphasized Bible
Is not, GOD, in the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.
Webster
Is not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
World English Bible
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
Youngs Literal Translation
Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 22:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Third Speech
11
Or darkness, so that you cannot see,
And a flood of water covers you.
“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!
“You say, ‘What does God know [about me]?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
Names
Cross References
Job 11:8
“His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven. What can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead). What can you know?
Psalm 8:3-4
When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have established,
Psalm 115:3
But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.
Psalm 115:16
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be hasty with your mouth [speaking careless words or vows] or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.
Isaiah 57:15
For the high and exalted One
He who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy says this,
“I dwell on the high and holy place,
But also with the
In order to revive the spirit of the humble
And to revive the heart of the contrite [overcome with sorrow for sin].
Isaiah 66:1
This is what the Lord says,
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?