Job 22:13
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 22 connects to 10 cross-references. Eliphaz delivers his third and most accusatory speech, charging Job with specific sins: withholding water from the weary, refusing bread to the hungry, and sending widows away empty. He urges Job to return to the Almighty and put away iniquity, …
Other Translations
And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
And thou hast said, `What--hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
Cross References
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, …
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do …
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land …
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men …