Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Holman Bible
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!
International Standard Version
"Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!
A Conservative Version
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
American Standard Version
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Amplified
“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!
Bible in Basic English
Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!
Darby Translation
Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
Julia Smith Translation
Is not God high in the heavens? and see the head of the stars for they were lifted up.
King James 2000
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[Is] not God [in the] height of [the] heavens? But see how lofty are {the highest stars}.
Modern King James verseion
Is not God high in Heaven? And behold the leading stars, for they are high.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now because that God is higher than the heavens, and because thou seest the stars are so high,
New Heart English Bible
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are.
The Emphasized Bible
Is not, GOD, in the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.
Webster
Is not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
World English Bible
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
Youngs Literal Translation
Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 22:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Third Speech
11 why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you. 12 "Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are! 13 But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?
Names
Cross References
Job 11:8
It is higher than the heavens -- what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol -- what can you know?
Psalm 8:3-4
When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,
Psalm 115:3
Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!
Psalm 115:16
The heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to mankind.
Ecclesiastes 5:2
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.
Isaiah 57:15
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.
Isaiah 66:1
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?