Job 22:12-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 “Is not God high in the heavens?
See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 Therefore you say, ‘What does God know?
Can he judge through the deep darkness?(A)
14 Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the dome of heaven.’
15 Will you keep to the old way
that the wicked have trod?
16 They were snatched away before their time;
their foundation was washed away by a flood.(B)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone,’
and ‘What can the Almighty[a] do to us?’[b]
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.(C)
19 The righteous see it and are glad;
the innocent laugh them to scorn,(D)
20 saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,
and what they left, the fire has consumed.’(E)
Job 22:12-20
International Standard Version
Eliphaz Acknowledges God but Issues an Imprecatory Prayer
12 “Isn’t God in heaven above?
Consider how far away the stars are,
and how lofty they are!
13 You’ve asked, ‘What does God know?
Can he sort through pitch black darkness?’[a]
14 Thick clouds cover him so he can’t see
as he walks back and forth at heaven’s horizon.
15 “Will you keep walking on the traditional path
that sinners[b] have tread,
16 who were snatched away before their time;
when their foundation was swept away by a river?
17 They told God, ‘Get away from us!’
and ‘What will the Almighty do to them?’
18 “Though God[c] fills their houses with good things,
the counsel of the wicked will remain far from me.
19 The righteous will see this and rejoice;
the innocent will insult him, saying,[d]
20 ‘Our enemies are sure to be destroyed,
and fire will burn up what’s left of their riches.”
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