Verse 12
Job 22:12
Free Bible Version
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Doesn't God (Elohim) live high in heaven and looks down on even the highest stars?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲֽ/לֹא אֱ֭לוֹהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּ/רְאֵ֤ה רֹ֖אשׁ כּוֹכָבִ֣ים כִּי רָֽמּוּ
English Translation
Is not God in the height of heaven? And see the summit of the stars, how high they are!
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Chapter 22 Context
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded and said,
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“How can anyone be of help to God (Elohim)? Even wise people are only helpful to themselves.
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Is it any benefit to the Almighty if you're a good person? What does he gain if you do what's right?
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Does he correct you and bring charges against you because of your reverence?
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No: it's because you're so wicked! Your sins are never-ending!
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For no reason at all you took your brother's clothing as a security for a debt, and left them stripp...
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You refused water to the thirsty; you denied food to the hungry.
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Is it because the land belongs to the powerful, and only the privileged have a right to live there?
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You have sent widows away empty-handed; you have crushed the outstretched arms of orphans, begging f...
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That's why you're surrounded by traps to catch you, and why you suddenly panic in terror.
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That's why it's so dark you cannot see, and why you feel like you're drowning.
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Doesn't God (Elohim) live high in heaven and looks down on even the highest stars?
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But you ask, ‘What does God (Elohim) know? How can he see and judge what happens down here in darkne...
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Thick clouds cover him so he can't see anything as he walks around in heaven.’
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Why do you insist on following the traditional thinking of the wicked?
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They were taken before their time; all they had built was washed away.
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They had told God (Elohim), ‘Get lost! What can the Almighty do to us?’
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And yet he was the one who had filled their homes with good things—but I don't accept their way of t...
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Those who do right rejoice when they see the destruction of the wicked, and the innocent mock them,
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saying, ‘Our enemies are destroyed, and fire has burned up all that's left of them.’
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Come back to God (Elohim) and be reconciled to him, and you'll be prosperous again.
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If you return to God (Elohim) you will be restored. If you renounce your sinful life
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and give up your love of money and desire for possessions,
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Then you will find delight in the Almighty, and be able to face him without feeling ashamed.
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You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will keep your promises to him.
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Whatever you decide to do will be successful, and wherever you go, light will shine on you.
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When others are humbled, and you say, ‘please help them,’ God (Elohim) will save them.
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God (Elohim) saves those who are innocent, and you will be saved if you do what is right.”
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