Job 22:13

Eliphaz's Third Speech

¹² Isn’t God as high as the heavens?
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!
¹³ Yet you say: “What does God know?
Can He judge through thick darkness?
¹⁴ Clouds veil Him so that He cannot see,
as He walks on the circle of the sky.”

Thick Cloud

Deep Darkness

Job

Psalm 10:11

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He hides His face and will never see.”

Ezekiel 8:12

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”

Psalm 59:7

Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

Psalm 73:11

The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?”

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who go to great lengths
to hide their plans from the Lord.
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

Ezekiel 9:9

He answered me: “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; He does not see.’

Psalm 64:5

They encourage each other in an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?”

Psalm 94:7-9

They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”

Zephaniah 1:12

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish the men who settle down comfortably,
who say to themselves:
The Lord will not do good or evil.