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Job 22:12

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

KJV

an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit, et super stellarum verticem sublimetur ?

Vulgate

μὴ οὐχὶ ὁ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ναίων ἐφορᾷ, τοὺς δὲ ὕβρει φερομένους ἐταπείνωσεν;

LXX

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

ASV

הֲֽ/לֹא אֱ֭לוֹהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּ/רְאֵ֤ה רֹ֖אשׁ כּוֹכָבִ֣ים כִּי רָֽמּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
וֹ
v
noun · 17×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כוֹכְבֵ֥י
kvkby
noun · 36×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
  • Ezek 8:12 — Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath f
  • Isa 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Job 11:8 — It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
  • Job 11:8 — It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
  • Job 35:5 — Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
  • Ps 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  • Ps 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  • Ps 102:19 — For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
  • Ps 103:11 — For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
  • Ps 139:11 — If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.