Job 22:12-20
World English Bible
12 “Isn’t God in the heights of heaven?
See the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 You say, ‘What does God know?
Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see.
He walks on the vault of the sky.’
15 Will you 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 to God, ‘Depart from us;’
and, ‘What can the Almighty do for 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.
The innocent ridicule them,
20 saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off.
The fire has consumed their remnant.’
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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