Job 22:12-20

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹² Is not God in the heights of heaven?
Look at^[a] the highest stars, so high above!
¹³ But you say, “What does God know?
Can he judge through the thick darkness?
¹⁴ Dark clouds are a veil around him,
so he does not see us
as he walks back and forth in heaven’s dome.”

¹⁵ Are you the guardian of the ancient way,
    the one traveled by wicked men?
¹⁶ They were snatched away before their time.^[b]
Their foundation was washed away by a river.
¹⁷ They said to God, “Keep away from us,”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?”^[c]
18 even though he had filled their houses with good.
That is why the way of life of the wicked is far from me.
¹⁹ The righteous see this and are glad.
The innocent mock them, saying,
²⁰ “Surely our adversaries have been erased!
Fire has eaten up their abundance.”