Parallel Verses
Amplified
“You say, ‘What does God know [about me]?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
New American Standard Bible
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
King James Version
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Holman Bible
Can He judge through thick darkness?
International Standard Version
You've asked, "What does God know? Can he sort through pitch black darkness?'
A Conservative Version
And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
American Standard Version
And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
Bible in Basic English
And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
Darby Translation
And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
Julia Smith Translation
And thou saidst How shall God know? Shall he judge in the cloud of darkness?
King James 2000
And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom?
Modern King James verseion
And you say, What does God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
wilt thou therefore say, 'Tush, how should God know? Doth his dominion reach beyond the clouds?
NET Bible
But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?
New Heart English Bible
You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
The Emphasized Bible
Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?
Webster
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
World English Bible
You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 22:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Third Speech
12
“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?
‘Thick clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks on the vault (circle) of the heavens.’
Names
Cross References
Psalm 10:11
He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”
Ezekiel 8:12
Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’”
Psalm 59:7
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”
Psalm 73:11
They say, “How does God know?
Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?”
Isaiah 29:15
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who [try to] deeply hide their plans from the Lord,
Whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And who say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
Ezekiel 9:9
Then He said to me, “The wickedness (guilt) of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of blood and the city is full of perversion and injustice; for they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; the Lord does not see [what we are doing].’
Psalm 64:5
They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
They say, “Who will discover us?”
Psalm 94:7-9
Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it.”
Zephaniah 1:12
“It will come about at that time
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps
And I will punish the men
Who [like old wine] are stagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good, nor will He do evil.’