Job

Job 22:13–14

13Yet you say: ‘What does God know?

Does He judge through thick darkness?

14Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us

as He traverses the vault of heaven.a’

Footnotes

  • a 22:14 Or heaven’s horizon or the circle of the sky

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Job 22:13

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Yet you sayוְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּwə·’ā·mar·tāConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularH559 utter, say
Whatמַה־mah-InterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
does Godאֵ֑ל’êlNoun - masculine singularH410 god
knowיָּ֣דַֽעyā·ḏa‘Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH3045 know
Does He judgeיִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃yiš·pō·wṭVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH8199 judge, govern
throughהַבְעַ֖דhaḇ·‘aḏPrepositionH1157 separation
thick darknessעֲרָפֶ֣ל‘ă·rā·p̄elNoun - masculine singularH6205 cloud, heavy cloud

Job 22:14

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Thick cloudsעָבִ֣ים‘ā·ḇîmNoun - common pluralH5645 dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket
veilסֵֽתֶר־sê·ṯer-Noun - masculine singularH5643 covering, hiding-place, secrecy
Himל֭וֹlōwPreposition; third person masculine singular
so He does notוְלֹ֣אwə·lōConjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
see usיִרְאֶ֑הyir·’ehVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH7200 see
as He traversesיִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃yiṯ·hal·lāḵVerb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH1980 go, come, walk
the vaultוְח֥וּגwə·ḥūḡConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular constructH2329 vault
of heavenשָׁ֝מַ֗יִםšā·ma·yimNoun - masculine pluralH8064 sky, aloft

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 22:13 Ezekiel 8:12 · Psalm 10:11 · Psalm 73:11 · Ezekiel 9:9 · Psalm 59:7 · Psalm 94:7–9 · Isaiah 29:15 · Psalm 64:5

Job 22:14 Psalm 97:2 · Psalm 139:11–12 · Psalm 33:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.