¹² “·God is [^LIs not God…?] in the highest part of heaven.
    See how high the highest stars are [^CGod is even higher]!
¹³ But you ask, ‘What does God know?
    Can he judge us through the ·dark clouds [thick darkness]?
¹⁴ Thick clouds ·cover [hide] him so he cannot see us
    as he ·walks [wanders] around ·high up in the sky [^Lthe vault/dome of heaven; ^CEliphaz suspects Job denies God knows what is going on in human affairs].’
¹⁵ Are you going to ·stay on [guard] the ·old [ancient] path
    where ·evil [guilty] people ·walk [tread]?
¹⁶ They were ·carried away [or bound up] before their time was up,
    and their foundations were washed away by a ·flood [^Lriver].
¹⁷ They said to God, ‘·Leave us alone [Get away from us; 21:14]!
    ·The Almighty can do nothing [^LWhat can the Almighty/Shaddai do…?] to us.’
¹⁸ But ·it was God [^Lwas it not he…?] who filled their houses with good things.
    Their ·way of thinking [plan; counsel] is ·different [far] from mine [21:16].

¹⁹ “·Good [Righteous] people can watch and be glad;
    the innocent can ·laugh at [mock; ridicule] them and say,
²⁰ ‘Surely our enemies are destroyed,
    and fire burns up ·their wealth [or what is left of theirs].’