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Job 22:12 KJV
Job · chapter 22 · verse 12
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!Job 22:12 · King James Version
Job 22:12 in context
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- heightgôbahhelation, grandeur, arroganceH1363 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- beholdrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- heightrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- starskôwkâba starH3556 →
- Godʼĕlôwahha deity or the DeityH433 →
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Eliphaz and his companions had condemned Job, in general, as a wicked man and a hypocrite; but none of them had descended to particulars, nor drawn up any articles of impeachment against him, until Eliphaz did so here, where he positively and expressly charges him with many high crimes and misdemeanours, which, if he…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-14