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Job 22:14
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Clouds veil him so that he cannot see,as he walks on the circle of the sky.”
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Thick clouds cover him so he cannot see us as he walks around high up in the sky.'
Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.'
'Thick clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks on the vault (circle) of the heavens.'
'Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.'
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;And He walks on the vault of heaven.'
Clouds veil Him so that He cannot see, as He traverses heaven's horizon.'
Do thick clouds cover his eyes, as he walks around heaven's dome high above the earth?
The clouds veil him off, so that he can't see; he just wanders around in heaven.'
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
Thick clouds hide us from his eyes, so he cannot see us as he walks around the edge of the sky.'
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that men cannot see him; and he walks upon the circle of the heaven.
You think the thick clouds keep him from seeing, as he walks on the dome of the sky.
Thick clouds are a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on the dome of heaven.'
Clouds are a covering for Him, and He does not see; and He walks the circuit of the heavens.
Tush, the cloudes couer him, yt he maye not se, for he dwelleth in heauen.
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.
Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'
Thicke cloudes are a couering to him that he seeth not, and hee walketh in the circuit of heauen.
Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen.
A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
A cloude is his hidyng place, and he biholdith not oure thingis, and he `goith aboute the herris of heuene.
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see; And he walks on the vault of heaven.
Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.'
For thick clouds swirl about him, and he cannot see us. He is way up there, walking on the vault of heaven.'
Clouds cover Him so that He cannot see. He walks on the roof of heaven.'
Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the dome of heaven.'
Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?
The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.
Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.'
Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,
'Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.'
Contextual Overview
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
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.
Then Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you."
Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
So Abraham called the name of that place, "The Lord will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided."
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,
He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered."
And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner,
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.
