Job 22:14

In 11 translations

BSB

Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’Or heaven’s horizon or the circle of the sky

KJV

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

WEB

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’

ASV

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

LSV

Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, || And He does not see, || And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.

YLT

Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

DBY

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

DRC

The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.

GNV

The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.

JPS

Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'

LXXE

A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עָבִ֣ים סֵֽתֶר־ל֭וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וְח֥וּג שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br

Νεφέλη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται, καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται.

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• Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
• Psalms 139:11–12If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
• Psalms 33:14From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
• Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
• Luke 12:2–3There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will…
• Psalms 139:1–2O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
• Job 34:22There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
• Job 26:9He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.

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