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Literal Standard Version

Job 22:14

Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, || And He does not see, || And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anthropomorphisms;   Blasphemy;   Blindness;   God Continued...;   Heaven;   Infidelity;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Clouds;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eliphaz;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Cloud, Cloud of the Lord;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Circuit;   Cloud;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Heaven;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Circuit;   Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Circuit;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cloud;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Circuit;   Cloud;   Eliphaz (2);   Job, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cloud;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Clouds veil him so that he cannot see,as he walks on the circle of the sky.”
Hebrew Names Version
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
King James Version
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
English Standard Version
Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.'
New Century Version
Thick clouds cover him so he cannot see us as he walks around high up in the sky.'
New English Translation
Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.'
Amplified Bible
'Thick clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks on the vault (circle) of the heavens.'
New American Standard Bible
'Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.'
World English Bible
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
Legacy Standard Bible
Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;And He walks on the vault of heaven.'
Berean Standard Bible
Clouds veil Him so that He cannot see, as He traverses heaven's horizon.'
Contemporary English Version
Do thick clouds cover his eyes, as he walks around heaven's dome high above the earth?
Complete Jewish Bible
The clouds veil him off, so that he can't see; he just wanders around in heaven.'
Darby Translation
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
Easy-to-Read Version
Thick clouds hide us from his eyes, so he cannot see us as he walks around the edge of the sky.'
George Lamsa Translation
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that men cannot see him; and he walks upon the circle of the heaven.
Good News Translation
You think the thick clouds keep him from seeing, as he walks on the dome of the sky.
Lexham English Bible
Thick clouds are a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on the dome of heaven.'
Literal Translation
Clouds are a covering for Him, and He does not see; and He walks the circuit of the heavens.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Tush, the cloudes couer him, yt he maye not se, for he dwelleth in heauen.
American Standard Version
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
Bible in Basic English
Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'
King James Version (1611)
Thicke cloudes are a couering to him that he seeth not, and hee walketh in the circuit of heauen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.
English Revised Version
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A cloude is his hidyng place, and he biholdith not oure thingis, and he `goith aboute the herris of heuene.
Update Bible Version
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see; And he walks on the vault of heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
New King James Version
Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.'
New Living Translation
For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us. He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.'
New Life Bible
Clouds cover Him so that He cannot see. He walks on the roof of heaven.'
New Revised Standard
Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the dome of heaven.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?
Douay-Rheims Bible
The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.
Revised Standard Version
Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.'
Young's Literal Translation
Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.'

Contextual Overview

5Is your wickedness not abundant? And there is no end to your iniquities. 6For you take a pledge of your brother for nothing, || And you strip off the garments of the naked. 7You do not cause the weary to drink water, || And you withhold bread from the hungry. 8As for the man of arm—he has the earth, || And the accepted of face—he dwells in it. 9You have sent widows away empty, || And the arms of the fatherless are bruised. 10Therefore snares [are] all around you, || And sudden fear troubles you. 11Or darkness—you do not see, || And abundance of waters covers you. 12Is God not high [in] the heavens? And see the summit of the stars, || That they are high. 13And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness? 14Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, || And He does not see, || And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 34:22, Psalms 33:14, Psalms 97:2, Psalms 139:1, Psalms 139:2, Psalms 139:11, Psalms 139:12, Jeremiah 23:24, Luke 12:2, Luke 12:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:8 - hid Genesis 4:9 - I know Job 11:11 - he seeth Job 24:15 - No eye Psalms 10:11 - God Psalms 19:6 - circuit Psalms 73:11 - How Isaiah 29:15 - seek Isaiah 47:10 - thou hast said

Cross-References

Genesis 22:4
On the third day—Abraham lifts up his eyes, and sees the place from afar;
Genesis 22:5
and Abraham says to his young men, "Remain by yourselves here with the donkey, and I and the youth go over there and worship, and return to you."
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham says, "God provides for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son"; and they go on both of them together.
Genesis 22:10
and Abraham puts forth his hand, and takes the knife—to slaughter his son.
Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goes, and takes the ram, and causes it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;
Genesis 22:14
and Abraham calls the name of that place "YHWH-Jireh," because it is said this day in the mountain, "YHWH provides."
Genesis 22:17
that blessing I bless you, and multiplying I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the seashore; and your Seed possesses the gate of His enemies;
Genesis 28:19
and he calls the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first.
Genesis 32:30
And Jacob calls the name of the place Peniel: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is delivered";
Exodus 17:15
and Moses builds an altar, and calls its name YHWH-Nissi,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not,.... Thus Job is made to speak, or to reason as atheistical persons, or such who are inclined to atheism would, who take God to be altogether such an one as themselves; as that because thick clouds hide objects, as the sun, and moon, and stars, from their sight, therefore they must hide men and their actions from the sight of God; whereas there is nothing between God and man to hide them from him, let them be what they will, clouds as thick and as dark as can be imagined, yet his eyes are upon the ways of man, and see all his goings, nor is there any darkness that can hide from him, Job 34:21;

and he walketh in the circuit of heaven; within which he keeps himself, and never looks down upon the earth, or takes any notice of what is done there; quite contrary to Psalms 14:3; as if he only took his walks through the spacious orb of heaven, and delighted himself in viewing the celestial mansions, and the furniture of them, but had no regard to anything below them; whereas, though he walks in the circuit of heaven, he also sits upon the circle of the earth, Isaiah 41:22; Eliphaz seems here to ascribe the sentiments perhaps of the Zabians in former times to Job, and since adopted by some philosophers; that God only regards the heavenly bodies, and supports them in their beings, and regulates and directs their motions, and leaves all things below to be governed and influenced by them, as judging it unworthy of him to be concerned with things on earth. Indeed the earth and the inhabitants of it are unworthy of his notice and care, and of his providential visits, but he does humble himself to look upon things on earth as well as in heaven, Psalms 8:4; to make Job reason after this Epicurean manner was doing great injustice to his character, who most firmly believed both the being and providence of God, and that as extending to all things here below, see Job 12:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thick clouds are a covering to him - This is to be understood as expressing what Eliphaz regarded as the sentiment of Job - that so thick clouds intervened between him and man that he could not take cognizance of what was going forward on earth.

And he walketh in the circuit of heaven - Upon the arch of heaven, as it seems to be bent over our heads. He walks above that cerulean, so high, that he cannot see what occurs on earth, and to punish mortals. This was not an uncommon sentiment among the ancients, though it is here, with the greatest injustice, attributed to Job. A similar sentiment is expressed by Lucretius, as quoted by Rosenmuller and Noyes:

Omnis enim per se Divum natura necesse est

Immortali aevo summa cum pace fruatur,

Semota a nostris rebus, sejunctaque longe.

Nam privata dolore omni, privata periclis,

Ipsa suis pollens opibus, nihil in liga nostri,

Nec bene promeritus capitur, nec tangitur ira.

Compare Isaiah 29:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 22:14. He walketh in the circuit of heaven — He confines himself to those infinitely exalted regions and cares nothing for the inhabitants of the earth.


 
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