Job 22:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
  • Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
  • Ps 73:11 : 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
  • Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
  • Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
  • Ps 94:7-9 : 7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it]. 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

  • Job 22:11-12
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    11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

    12 [Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

  • Job 37:15-16
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    15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

    16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

  • 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

  • Job 38:18-20
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    18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

    19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

    20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] the house thereof?

  • 32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt.

  • Job 38:33-34
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    33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

    34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • Job 11:7-8
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    7 ¶ Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

    8 [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

  • 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.

  • 29 Also can [any] understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the noise of his tabernacle?

  • Job 35:5-6
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    5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.

    6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

  • 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

  • 22 Shall [any] teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

  • Job 37:21-23
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    21 ¶ And now [men] see not the bright light which [is] in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

    22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God [is] terrible majesty.

    23 [Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: [he is] excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

  • 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

  • 14 ¶ Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.

  • Job 37:18-19
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    18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a molten looking glass?

    19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness.

  • 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what [is] in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

  • 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.

  • 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].

  • 2 Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.

  • 27 ¶ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

  • 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

  • 4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

  • 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.

  • 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

  • 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

  • 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

  • 3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  • 22 [There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

  • 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

  • 14 Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

  • 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.

  • 2 I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

  • 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

  • 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

  • 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.