Job 22:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 11:8 : 8 It is higher than the heavens– what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol– what can you know?
  • Eccl 5:2 : 2 (5:1) Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says:“The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?
  • Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, 4 Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them?
  • Ps 115:3 : 3 Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.

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