Job 22:13
What does Job 22:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 22:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And thou hast said, `What--hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou sayest, What dothGod know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 9:9
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
- Psalms 94:7
And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
- Psalms 10:11
He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten; He hideth his face, he will never see it.
- Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
- Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
- Psalms 73:11
And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
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