Eliphaz: Can a Man Be of Use to God?

Job 22:12

In 11 translations

BSB: Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
KJV: Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars
WEB: “Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
ASV: Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
LSV: Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, || That they are high.
YLT: Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
DBY: Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!Eloah
DRC: Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?
GNV: Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
JPS: Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are!
LXXE: Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: הֲֽלֹא־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּרְאֵ֤ה רֹ֖אשׁ כּוֹכָבִ֣ים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
LXX-Br: Μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ; τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσε;

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Psalms 8:3–4When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place— what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Ecclesiastes 5:2Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
Job 11:8They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive…
Psalms 115:16The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

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