King James Version
Job 22:13 in the King James Version says “And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? How: or, What” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? How: or, What”
Job 22:13 · KJV
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? How: or, What
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“How doth God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“can he judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
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