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Job 22:13

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

KJV

Et dicis : Quid enim novit Deus ? et quasi per caliginem judicat.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπας Τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός, ἢ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρίνει;

LXX

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

ASV

וְֽ֭/אָמַרְתָּ מַה יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַ/בְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
עֲרָפֶֽל
'rpl
noun · 15×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 5:3 — But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
  • 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
  • Ezek 9:9 — Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth
  • Ezek 9:9 — Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth
  • Isa 29:15 — Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
  • Isa 29:15 — Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
  • Jer 23:24 — Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
  • Job 11:11 — For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
  • Ps 10:11 — He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
  • Ps 59:7 — Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
  • Ps 64:5 — They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
  • Ps 64:5 — They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
  • Ps 73:11 — And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
  • Ps 73:11 — And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
  • Ps 94:7 — Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.