Job 34:22

Amplified Bible

"There is no darkness nor deep shadow Where the evildoers may hide themselves.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There is no darkness, no deep darkness,where evildoers can hide.

Hebrew Names Version
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

King James Version
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

English Standard Version
There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.

New Century Version
There is no dark place or deep shadow where those who do evil can hide from him.

New English Translation
There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

New American Standard Bible
"There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of injustice can hide themselves.

World English Bible
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Geneva Bible (1587)
There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death, that the workers of iniquitie might be hid therein.

Legacy Standard Bible
There is no darkness or shadow of deathWhere the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Berean Standard Bible
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Contemporary English Version
No evil person can hide in the deepest darkness.

Complete Jewish Bible
There is no darkness, no death-like gloom, where wrongdoers can hide;

Darby Translation
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Easy-to-Read Version
There is no place dark enough for evil people to hide from God.

George Lamsa Translation
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Good News Translation
There is no darkness dark enough to hide a sinner from God.

Lexham English Bible
There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow where instigators of mischief might hide themselves.

Literal Translation
There is no darkness nor shadow of death, to hide there those who work iniquity.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There is no darcknes ner thicke shadowe, yt can hyde the wicked doers from him.

American Standard Version
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Bible in Basic English
There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

King James Version (1611)
There is no darkenes, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquitie may hide themselues.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

English Revised Version
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
No derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickidnesse, be hid there;

Update Bible Version
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Webster's Bible Translation
[There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

New King James Version
There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

New Living Translation
No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from his eyes.

New Life Bible
There is no darkness or shadow where sinners can hide themselves.

New Revised Standard
There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
No darkness, and no death-shade, where the workers of iniquity may hide.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity.

Revised Standard Version
There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.

Young's Literal Translation
There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶"If you now have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words. ¹⁷"Shall one who hates justice [and is an enemy of right] govern? And will you condemn Him who is just and mighty? ¹⁸"God who says to a king, 'You are worthless and vile,' Or to princes and nobles, 'You are wicked and evil'? ¹⁹"Who is not partial to princes, Nor does He regard the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands. ²⁰"In a moment they die, even at midnight The people are shaken and pass away, And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand. ²¹"For God's eyes are on the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps. ²²"There is no darkness nor deep shadow Where the evildoers may hide themselves.²³"For He sets no appointed time for a man, That he should appear before Him in judgment. ²⁴"He breaks mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place. ²⁵"Therefore He knows of their works, And He overthrows them in the night, So that they are crushed and destroyed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

no: Psalms 139:11, Psalms 139:12, Isaiah 29:15, Jeremiah 23:24, Amos 9:2, Amos 9:3, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 6:15, Revelation 6:16

nor: Job 3:5, Job 24:17, Isaiah 9:2

the: Job 31:3, Psalms 5:5, Proverbs 10:29, Matthew 7:23, Luke 13:27

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:8 - cool of the day Genesis 18:21 - see Job 10:22 - the shadow of death Job 12:22 - bringeth Job 22:14 - General Psalms 33:15 - considereth Psalms 44:21 - Shall Psalms 139:8 - in hell Proverbs 15:3 - General Jeremiah 16:17 - General Jeremiah 44:25 - ye will Ezekiel 8:8 - General Matthew 4:16 - shadow

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. By whom may be meant chiefly profane sinners that are abandoned to a vicious course of life, and make a trade of sin, or that the common course of their lives; though secret sinners, and even professors of religion, hypocrites, who in a more private manner live in sin, come under this name, Matthew 7:23; such may endeavour to hide themselves through shame and fear, but all in vain and to no purpose; there is no screening themselves and their actions from the all-seeing eye of God, and from his wrath and vengeance. "No darkness" of any sort can hide them, not the thick clouds of the heavens, nor the darkness of the night; nor is there any darkness in God that can obstruct his sight of them; nor are they able to cast any mist before his eyes, or use any colourings, pretences, and excuses he cannot see through. "Nor shadow of death": the grossest and thickest darkness; nor is even the grave itself an hiding place for sinners, from whence they will be raised to receive the just deserts of their sins. See Job 10:21. Now from the omniscience of God, and his clear uninterrupted sight of all persons and their actions, inward and outward, Elihu argues to the justice of God, who therefore cannot do anything amiss through ignorance, error, or mistake.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is no darkness - No dark cavern which can furnish a place of concealment. The guilty usually take refuge in some obscure place where people cannot detect them. But Elihu says that man has no power of concealing himself thus from God.

Nor shadow of death - A phrase here signifying deep darkness; see it explained in the notes at Job 3:5.

Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves - That is, where they may conceal themselves so as not to be detected by God. They may conceal themselves from the notice of man; they may escape the most vigilant police; they may elude all the officers of justice on earth. But they cannot be hid from God. There is an eye that sees their lurking places, and there is a hand that will drag them forth to justice.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 34:22. There is no darkness — In this life; and no shadow of death in the other world-no annihilation in which the workers of iniquity may hide themselves, or take refuge.