Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You've asked, "What does God know? Can he sort through pitch black 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?
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?
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 "Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are! 13 You've asked, "What does God know? Can he sort through pitch black darkness?' 14 Thick clouds cover him so he can't see as he walks back and forth at heaven's horizon.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 10:11
The wicked say to themselves, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."
Ezekiel 8:12
the Spirit asked me, "Do you see, Son of Man, what the elders of Israel's house are doing in secret, each in the chamber of his own carved idol? They keep saying, "God doesn't see us. The LORD has abandoned the land.'"
Psalm 59:7
Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"
Psalm 73:11
Then they say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"
Isaiah 29:15
"How terrible it will be for you who go to great depths to hide your plans from the LORD, you whose deeds have been done in the dark, and who say, "Who can see us? Who has recognized us?'
Ezekiel 9:9
"The house of Israel and Judah is guilty and theirs is a stubborn guilt, at that!" he replied to me. "The land is filled with blood, and the city overflows with injustice, because they keep saying, "The LORD has abandoned the land,' and "The LORD isn't watching.'
Psalm 64:5
They concoct an evil scheme for themselves; they enumerate their hidden snares; they say, "Who will see them?"
Psalm 94:7-9
They say, "The LORD cannot see, and the God of Jacob will not notice."
Zephaniah 1:12
And it will come about that I will search Jerusalem with candles, punishing the self-satisfied and complacent, who say to themselves, "The LORD will do neither good nor evil.'