Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth 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?

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?

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 high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high. 13 And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge? 14 Thick clouds are a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

Cross References

Psalm 10:11

He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

Ezekiel 8:12

And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'

Psalm 59:7

Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords are in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'

Psalm 73:11

And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

Ezekiel 9:9

And He saith unto me, 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very very great, and the land is full of blood, and the city hath been full of perverseness, for they have said: Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah is not seeing.

Psalm 64:5

They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'

Psalm 94:7-9

And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

Zephaniah 1:12

And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.

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