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Job 22:14 Cross-References
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“Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.”
Job 22:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 22:14
Thick clouds are a covering to him (עָבִים סֵתֶר־לוֹ)—Eliphaz continues the false accusation, claiming Job believes avim (clouds) hide human activity from God's sight. Ironically, clouds represent God's glorious presence in Scripture (Exodus 13:21, 1 Kings 8:10-11), not His limitation.He walketh in the circuit of heaven (חוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּךְ)—Chug shamayim (circle/vault of heaven) describes God's transcendent sphere. Eliphaz caricatures transcendence as absence: God merely paces the heavenly dome, unconcerned with earth. This contradicts Job's actual theology—he knows God sees everything ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 22:14
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“Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.”
“Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;”
“that will not be revealed”
“nor thick gloom”
“you have searched me”
“and spreads his cloud on it.”
“Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.”