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.’
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)
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