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Job 22:12

Job 22:12
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And thou sayest, how doth God know?.... What is done on earth, the works of the children of men, their sinful actions, when he dwells at such a distance, and so remote from the earth, as the height of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Is not God in the height of heaven? - In the highest heaven. That is, Is not God exalted over all worlds? This seems to be intended to refer to the sentiments of Job, as if he had maintained that God…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 22:5-14

Eliphaz and his companions had condemned Job, in general, as a wicked man and a hypocrite; but none of them had descended to particulars, nor drawn up any articles of impeachment against him, until…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 22:12-20

Eliphaz, having in Job 22:6-10 suggested what Job's offences must have been, now suggests under what feeling in regard to God he must have committed them. He thought God so far removed from the world…