Job 22:12-20
New King James Version
12 “Is not God in the height of heaven?
And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 And you say, (A)‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the deep darkness?
14 (B)Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see,
And He walks above the circle of heaven.’
15 Will you keep to the old way
Which wicked men have trod,
16 Who (C)were cut down before their time,
Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
17 (D)They said to God, ‘Depart from us!
What can the Almighty do to [a]them?’
18 Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 “The(E) righteous see it and are glad,
And the innocent laugh at them:
20 ‘Surely our [b]adversaries are cut down,
And the fire consumes their remnant.’
Job 22:12-20
American Standard Version
12 Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the [a]height of the stars, how high they are!
13 And thou sayest, What doth God know?
Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not;
And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
15 [b]Wilt thou keep the old way
Which wicked men have trodden?
16 Who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17 Who said unto God, Depart from us;
And, What can the Almighty do [c]for [d]us?
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things:
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad;
And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
20 Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off,
And [e]the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
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