Job 22:13

World English Bible (2000)

You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."
  • Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"
  • Ps 73:11 : 11 They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
  • Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn't see.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?"
  • Zeph 1:12 : 12 It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil."
  • Ps 94:7-9 : 7 They say, "Yah will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider." 8 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise? 9 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

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