Job 22:13

In 11 translations

BSB

Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

KJV

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?How: or, What

WEB

You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

ASV

And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

LSV

And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?

YLT

And thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

DBY

And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?El

DRC

And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

GNV

But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?

JPS

And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?

LXXE

And thou hast said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?

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WLC

וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπας, τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός; ἢ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρίνει;

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• Ezekiel 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the…
• Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
• Psalms 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
• Ezekiel 9:9He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
• Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
• Psalms 94:7–9They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.” Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise? He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
• Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
• Psalms 64:5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
• Zephaniah 1:12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’

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