Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?

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?

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?

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? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high. 13 Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge? 14 Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?


Cross References

Psalm 10:11

He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten, - He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

Ezekiel 8:12

Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen Son of man what the elders of the house of Israel, are doing in the dark, every man in his image-chambers? for they are saying - Yahweh doth not see us! Yahweh hath forsaken the land!

Psalm 59:7

Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords, are in their lips, For say they , Who doth hear?

Psalm 73:11

And they say - How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

Isaiah 29:15

Alas! for them who would fain have been too deep for Yahweh by giving secret counsel, - and therefore in the dark, have been their doings, and they have said Who can see us? and - Who can understand 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 filled with shed blood, and the city is full of over-reaching, - for they have said. Yahweh hath forsaken the land, - and Yahweh doth not see.

Psalm 64:5

They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?

Psalm 94:7-9

Yet have they said - Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

Zephaniah 1:12

And it shall come to pass, at that time, that I will search through Jerusalem, with lamps, - and will punish the men who are thickened upon their lees, who are saying in their heart, Yahweh, will not give blessing, neither will he bring calamity.

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