Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the 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!
American Standard Version
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Amplified
“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant 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 thou cannot see, and abundance of waters cover thee. 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
Names
Cross References
Job 11:8
It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know?
Psalm 8:3-4
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,
Psalm 115:3
But our God is in the heavens. He has done whatever he pleased.
Psalm 115:16
The heavens are the heavens of LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says LORD, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What manner of house will ye build to me, and what place shall be my rest?