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Does he judge through such darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing! How can he judge through the thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You say, &#8216What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And you say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the dense gloom?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You say, ‘What does God know [about me]? Can He judge through the thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through total darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet you say: &#8220What does God know? Can He judge through thick darkness? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Do you think the deep darkness hides you from God? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou sayest, What doth God know? can he judge through the thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge [anything] from behind a dark cloud?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />And yet you ask, "What does God know? He is hidden by clouds--how can he judge us?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You've asked, 'What does God know? Can he sort through pitch black darkness?' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet you say: ?What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou saidst How shall God know? Shall he judge in the cloud of darkness?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you say: “Well, what does God know?” and, “He judges, as if through a fog,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet you say, “What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And yet you say, How does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you said: ‘What does God know? Will he judge within the thick darkness?’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/22-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3441" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/22.htm">Eliphaz Exhorts Job</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are! <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Yet you say:</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">‘What</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">does God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know?</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: yiš·pō·wṭ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To judge, govern. ">Does He judge</a> <a href="/hebrew/1157.htm" title="1157: haḇ·‘aḏ (Prep) -- From ad with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.">through</a> <a href="/hebrew/6205.htm" title="6205: ‘ă·rā·p̄el (N-ms) -- Cloud, heavy cloud. Probably from araph; gloom.">thick darkness?</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-11.htm">Psalm 73:11</a></span><br />The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-11.htm">Psalm 10:11</a></span><br />He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/94-7.htm">Psalm 94:7</a></span><br />They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-15.htm">Isaiah 29:15</a></span><br />Woe 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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Ezekiel 8:12</a></span><br />“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 land.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-23.htm">Jeremiah 23:23-24</a></span><br />“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?” / “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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-7.htm">Psalm 139:7-12</a></span><br />Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? / If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. / If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-3.htm">Proverbs 15:3</a></span><br />The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-10.htm">Isaiah 47:10</a></span><br />You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/64-5.htm">Psalm 64:5-6</a></span><br />They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say. / They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-4.htm">2 Peter 3:4</a></span><br />“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a></span><br />Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-4.htm">Matthew 6:4</a></span><br />so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?</p><p class="hdg">How.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-11.htm">Psalm 10:11</a></b></br> He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/59-7.htm">Psalm 59:7</a></b></br> Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords <i>are</i> in their lips: for who, <i>say they</i>, doth hear?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-11.htm">Psalm 73:11</a></b></br> And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/21-22.htm">Able</a> <a href="/job/20-6.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/job/22-11.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/22-11.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/job/15-34.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/job/16-16.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/job/21-22.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/job/15-27.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-5.htm">Thickness</a> <a href="/job/9-12.htm">What</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/22-17.htm">Able</a> <a href="/job/26-8.htm">Cloud</a> <a href="/job/23-17.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/23-17.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/job/29-14.htm">Decisions</a> <a href="/job/23-17.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/job/23-7.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/job/22-14.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-21.htm">Thickness</a> <a href="/job/22-17.htm">What</a><div class="vheading2">Job 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/22-1.htm">Eliphaz shows that man's goodness profits not God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/22-5.htm">He accuses Job of various sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/22-21.htm">He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Yet you say:</b><br>This phrase introduces a direct accusation from Eliphaz, one of Job's friends, who is responding to Job's earlier speeches. Eliphaz is suggesting that Job has questioned God's knowledge and justice. This reflects the ongoing debate between Job and his friends about the nature of suffering and divine justice. The friends believe that suffering is a direct result of sin, while Job maintains his innocence.<p><b>‘What does God know?:</b><br>This rhetorical question implies skepticism about God's omniscience. In the context of the ancient Near East, gods were often seen as distant and uninvolved in human affairs. However, the God of Israel is portrayed throughout the Bible as all-knowing and intimately involved with His creation (<a href="/psalms/139.htm">Psalm 139:1-4</a>). This question challenges the belief in God's comprehensive understanding and oversight of human actions.<p><b>Does He judge through thick darkness?:</b><br>The imagery of "thick darkness" suggests a barrier to vision and understanding. In biblical literature, darkness often symbolizes ignorance or evil (<a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a>). Eliphaz is accusing Job of suggesting that God cannot see or judge clearly because of this darkness. However, other scriptures affirm that God sees all, even in darkness (<a href="/psalms/139-11.htm">Psalm 139:11-12</a>). This phrase also touches on the theme of divine justice, questioning whether God can administer justice if He is obscured by darkness. This reflects a misunderstanding of God's nature, as He is described as light and truth (1 <a href="/john/1-5.htm">John 1:5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, enduring immense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz_the_temanite.htm">Eliphaz the Temanite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Eliphaz is speaking, accusing Job of questioning God's knowledge and justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/teman.htm">Teman</a></b><br>A region in Edom, known for its wise men. Eliphaz, being a Temanite, is considered to be a man of wisdom.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The omniscient and omnipotent Creator, whose knowledge and justice are being questioned by Eliphaz on behalf of Job.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/thick_darkness.htm">Thick Darkness</a></b><br>A metaphor used to describe the perceived distance or obscurity between God and human affairs, suggesting that God might not see or judge clearly.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a></b><br>Despite human perceptions, God sees and knows everything. Our understanding is limited, but God's is infinite.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_misunderstanding.htm">Human Misunderstanding</a></b><br>Like Eliphaz, we may sometimes misinterpret God's actions or inactions. It's crucial to seek wisdom and understanding through prayer and scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_justice.htm">Faith in God's Justice</a></b><br>Trust that God's judgments are righteous and just, even when we cannot see the full picture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_assumptions.htm">The Danger of Assumptions</a></b><br>Be cautious of assuming others' spiritual conditions or God's intentions based on limited understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_perspective.htm">Seeking God's Perspective</a></b><br>In times of doubt, seek God's perspective through prayer and study of His Word, rather than relying solely on human reasoning.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_humans_teach_an_all-knowing_god.htm">In Job 21:22, how can humans teach God anything if He is described elsewhere as all-knowing and beyond counsel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_22_12-14_align_with_god's_omniscience.htm">In Job 22:12-14, Eliphaz suggests God may not see everything; how does this align with other scriptures asserting God's omniscience?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_13_25_show_god_as_unjust.htm">In Job 13:25, why does Job accuse God of targeting him as if he were light chaff, if God is portrayed as just and merciful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_later_save_israel.htm">(Judges 10:13) Why does God say He will no longer save Israel and then later appears to do so?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And thou sayest, How doth God know?</span> Job had not said this in so many words, but, by equalizing the godly and the wicked (<a href="/job/9-22.htm">Job 9:22</a>; <a href="/job/21-23.htm">Job 21:23-26</a>), he might be supposed to mean that God took no note of men's conduct, and therefore had not a perfect knowledge of all things. The psalmist implies that many men so thought (<a href="/psalms/10-11.htm">Psalm 10:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/73-11.htm">Psalm 73:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/94-7.htm">Psalm 94:7</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Can he judge through the dark cloud?</span> rather, <span class="accented">through the thick darkness.</span> God was supposed to dwell remote from man, in the highest heaven, and, according to many, "clouds and darkness were round about him" (<a href="/psalms/97-2.htm">Psalm 97:2</a>) - he "dwelt in the thick darkness" (<a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">1 Kings 8:12</a>) - he "made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him was waters, and thick clouds of the skies" (<a href="/psalms/18-11.htm">Psalm 18:11</a>). The imagery was, no doubt, at first used in reference to man's inability to see and know God; but when men became familiar with it, they turned the metaphor round, and questioned God's ability to see and know anything about man. Job had not really ever shared in these doubts; but it suits Eliphaz's purpose to malign and misrepresent him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/22-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Yet you say:</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·mar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘What</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">know?</span><br /><span class="heb">יָּ֣דַֽע</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Does He judge</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·pō·wṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבְעַ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(haḇ·‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1157.htm">Strong's 1157: </a> </span><span class="str2">In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thick darkness?</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲרָפֶ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·rā·p̄el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6205.htm">Strong's 6205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Cloud, heavy cloud</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/22-13.htm">OT Poetry: Job 22:13 You say 'What does God know? 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