Job 22:12 BSB — MannaFest

Job 22:12

Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Is not God in the height of heaven? - It appears, from this and the following verses, that Eliphaz was attributing infidel and blasphemous speeches or sentiments to Job. As if he had said: “Thou allowest that there is a God, but thou sayest that he is infinitely exalted above the heavens and the stars, and that there is so much dense ether and thick cloud between his throne and the earth, that he can neither see it nor its inhabitants.” These were sentiments which Job never held, and never uttered; but if a man be dressed in a bear’s skin, he may be hunted and worried by his own dogs.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Eliphaz says this to prove that God can from His height behold all things; gratuitously inferring that Job denied it, because he denied that the wicked are punished here. height--Hebrew, "head of the stars"; that is, "elevation" (Job 11:8).

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲֽלֹא־	halo'-	¿ not	H3808 →
אֱ֭לוֹהַּ	'E.lo.ah	[is] God	H433 →
גֹּ֣בַהּ	Goah	[the] height of	H1363 →
שָׁמָ֑יִם	sha.Ma.yim	heaven	H8064 →
וּרְאֵ֤ה	u.re.'Eh	and look at	H7200 →
רֹ֖אשׁ	rosh	[the] top of	H7218 →
כּוֹכָבִ֣ים	ko.kha.Vim	[the] stars	H3556 →
כִּי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
רָֽמּוּ׃	Ra.mu	they are high	H7311 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit,…
leads to
- Psalms 34:18
  The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
- Isaiah 66:1–2
  This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
- Psalms 138:6
  Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Through
Isaiah 66:1
This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
leads to
- Acts 17:24
  The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
- Acts 7:48–50
  However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
- Matthew 5:34–35
  But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
- 1 Kings 8:27
  But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
Through
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your…
leads to
- Matthew 6:7
  And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Job