Job 22:12-20

New International Version

¹²“Is not God in the heights of heaven?^(A)
    And see how lofty are the highest stars!
¹³Yet you say, ‘What does God know?^(B)
    Does he judge through such darkness?^(C)
¹⁴Thick clouds^(D) veil him, so he does not see us^(E)
    as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’^(F)
¹⁵Will you keep to the old path
    that the wicked^(G) have trod?^(H)
¹⁶They were carried off before their time,^(I)
    their foundations^(J) washed away by a flood.^(K)
¹⁷They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’^(L)
¹⁸Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,^(M)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.^(N)
¹⁹The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;^(O)
    the innocent mock^(P) them, saying,
²⁰‘Surely our foes are destroyed,^(Q)
    and fire^(R) devours their wealth.’

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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!
¹³You’ve asked, ‘What does God know?
    Can he sort through pitch black darkness?’^[a]
¹⁴Thick 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,
¹⁶who were snatched away before their time;
    when their foundation was swept away by a river?
¹⁷They 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.
¹⁹The 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.”