Job 22:14
Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
BSB
ASV
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
KJV
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
This is gross absurdity, as well as gross impiety, which Eliphaz here fathers upon Job; for it supposes that the administration of government is a burden and disparagement to the supreme governor and that the acts of justice and mercy are a toil to a mind infinitely wise, holy, and good.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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
Jeremiah 23:24“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.
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The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
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?”
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Through
Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in…
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.