Job 22:12-20
Christian Standard Bible
12 Isn’t God as high as the heavens?
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!
13 Yet you say, “What does God know?
Can he judge through total darkness?(A)
14 Clouds(B) veil him so that he cannot see,
as he walks on the circle of the sky.”
15 Will you continue on the ancient path
that wicked men have walked?
16 They were snatched away before their time,
and their foundations(C) were washed away by a river.
17 They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?” [a](D)
18 But it was he who filled their houses with good things.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
19 The righteous see this and rejoice;
the innocent mock them, saying,(E)
20 “Surely our opponents are destroyed,
and fire has consumed what they left behind.”(F)
Footnotes
- 22:17 LXX, Syr; MT reads them
Job 22:12-20
English Standard Version
12 “Is not God high in the heavens?
See (A)the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 But you say, (B)‘What does God know?
Can he judge through (C)the deep darkness?
14 (D)Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
15 Will you keep to the old way
that wicked men have trod?
16 They were snatched away (E)before their time;
their foundation was washed away.[a]
17 They said to God, (F)‘Depart from us,’
and (G)‘What can the Almighty do to us?’[b]
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
but (H)the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 (I)The righteous see it and are glad;
the innocent one (J)mocks at them,
20 saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,
and what they left (K)the fire has consumed.’
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