Job 12:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

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Referenced Verses

  • Dan 2:22 : 22 he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!
  • 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
  • 2 Kgs 6:12 : 12 One of his advisers said,“No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.”
  • Job 11:6 : 6 and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom– for true wisdom has two sides– so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.
  • Job 24:17 : 17 For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.
  • Job 28:20-23 : 20 God Alone Has Wisdom“But wisdom– where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding? 21 For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed. 22 Destruction and Death say,‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’ 23 God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place.
  • Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.
  • Ps 44:21 : 21 would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?
  • Ps 139:12 : 12 even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 (But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth’s surface. The LORD is his name!
  • Matt 10:26 : 26 Fear God, Not Man“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Dan 2:22
    83%

    22he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him.

  • Job 28:3
    82%

    3Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

  • Job 12:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.

    20He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

    21He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.

  • Job 10:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  • Job 28:11
    76%

    11He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.

  • Job 34:22
    76%

    22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

  • Job 12:23
    75%

    23He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

  • Job 22:11
    75%

    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

  • Job 38:19
    75%

    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    74%

    11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

    12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

  • Job 41:32
    74%

    32It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

  • Job 17:12
    74%

    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • Job 24:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

  • Job 3:5
    74%

    5Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

  • Job 24:22
    73%

    22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

  • Job 18:6
    73%

    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

  • Job 23:17
    73%

    17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

  • Job 33:30
    73%

    30to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

  • Job 36:30
    72%

    30See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

  • 2 Sam 22:12
    72%

    12He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds.

  • Lam 3:2
    72%

    2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

  • Job 12:13-17
    5 verses
    72%

    13“With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

    14If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

    15If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

    16With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.

    17He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

  • Job 28:27
    72%

    27then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.

  • Job 22:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

    14Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

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    72%

    26Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

  • Job 38:17
    72%

    17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

  • Jer 13:16
    71%

    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

  • Lam 3:6
    71%

    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

  • Ps 107:14
    71%

    14He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles.

  • Job 36:32
    71%

    32With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

  • Job 12:25
    71%

    25They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

  • Job 26:6
    71%

    6The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.

  • Job 29:3
    71%

    3when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

  • Job 5:14
    71%

    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

  • Job 33:28
    71%

    28He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

  • Eccl 6:4
    71%

    4Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,

  • Job 14:3
    70%

    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • Job 15:24
    70%

    24Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

  • Job 18:14
    70%

    14He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.

  • Job 9:10
    70%

    10he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.