Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

New American Standard Bible

“You say, ‘What does God know?
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

Yet you say: “What does God know?
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?

Amplified


“You say, ‘What does God know [about me]?
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?

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And thou sayest

Usage: 0

אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

can he judge
שׁפט 
Shaphat 
Usage: 203

Verse Info

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Third Speech

12 Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they! 13 And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud? 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.


Cross References

Psalm 10:11

He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.

Ezekiel 8:12

And he said unto me, Hast thou seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.

Psalm 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?

Psalm 73:11

And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?

Isaiah 29:15

Woe unto them that hide deep, far from Jehovah, their counsel! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Ezekiel 9:9

And he said unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness; for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the earth, and Jehovah seeth not.

Psalm 64:5

They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

Psalm 94:7-9

And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it.

Zephaniah 1:12

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.

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