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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Job 22:12

Is not God in the height of heaven? Surely, he is; and from that high tower he looketh down upon men, to behold, and govern, and recompense all their actions, whether good or bad. And, therefore, O Job, thou art grossly mistaken, in thinking that good men suffer as deeply as any others in this lower world, while the vilest of men flourish and are exalted; which would imply that all things are managed here by chance, or without any regard to justice and to just men, and not by the wise and holy providence of God. Behold the stars, how high they are Yet God is far higher than they, and from thence can easily observe all men and things here below.

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See also Job 22:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 22:12. Is _NOT GOD IN THE HEIGHT OF HEAVEN?_] It appears, from this and the following verses, that Eliphaz was attributing infidel and blasphemous speeches or sentiments to Job. As if he ha...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE THIRD SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES CHAPTER 22 The Third Address of Eliphaz _ 1. Is not thy wickedness great? (Job 22:1)_ 2. In what Job had sinned (Job 22:6) 3. The omniscience of God and the ways...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 22. THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. The only new thing that Eliphaz has to say, is definitely to describe the sin of Job! Yet his mildness makes him end with bright promises. JOB 22:1. Is it not to Job'...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IS NOT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD. Hebrew Eloah App-4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Eliphaz, having in Job 22:6 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 tha...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Third Circle of Speeches In the first round of speeches the three friends exhausted the argument from the general conception of God. In the second they exhausted the argument from the operation o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Eliphaz points to God's place of abode in the lofty heavens (Job 22:12); and under this feeling of His infinite distance from the earth Job said, How doth God know? Men's conduct was not observed by H...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IS NOT GOD IN THE HEIGHT OF HEAVEN?— _Is not God high above the heavens? Yea, see the summit of the stars how high they are._ This verse is the answer which he supposes Job to make; the consequences o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. Warning that all evil men have been punished (Job 22:12-20) TEXT 22:12-20 12 IS NOT GOD IN THE HEIGHT OF HEAVEN? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, What...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _IS NOT GOD IN THE HEIGHT OF HEAVEN? AND BEHOLD THE HEIGHT OF THE STARS, HOW HIGH THEY ARE!_ Eliphaz says this to prove that God can from His height behold all things; gratuitously inferring that Job...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ 1-11. Eliphaz ignoring Job's last speech, perhaps because he could not answer it, argues that God's treatment of man must be impartial, since He has nothing to gain or lose...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 22 ELIPHAZ’S LAST SPEECH G...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    God is in heaven, so he sees all our actions (Psalms 139). And his knowledge is perfect. So he knows our errors....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲֽ לֹא ־אֱ֭לֹוהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּ רְאֵ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XIX. DOGMATIC AND MORAL ERROR Job 22:1 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE second colloquy has practically exhausted the subject of debate between Job and his friends. The three have really nothing more to say in t...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “ACQUAINT THYSELF WITH GOD” Job 22:1 Eliphaz opens the third cycle of the discussion with a speech altogether too hard and cruel. He begins with an _enumeration of Job's fancied misdeeds,_ Job 22:1....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the third cycle in the controversy, and again EIiphaz is the first speaker. His address consisted of two movements. First, he made a definite charge against Job (1-20); and, second, he mad...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    [Is] not God in the (g) height of heaven? and behold the height of the (h) stars, how high they are! (g) He accuses Job of impiety and contempt of God, as thought he would say, If you pass not for me...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Stars: and of course, that his Providence regardeth not human affairs. (Calmet) --- When an infidel observed, "I think the gods are too great to want my adoration," Socrates well replied, "The greate...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (5) В¶ Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? (6) For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. (7) Thou hast not given water...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    [IS] NOT GOD IN THE HEIGHT OF HEAVEN?.... The heaven is high, it has its name from its height, and is noted for it; some of the heavens are higher than others, as the heaven of heavens, the third heav...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Job 22:12 [Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Ver. 12. _Is not God in the height of heaven?_] Some add out of the next verse these words, Saye...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WARNING TO AVOID FURTHER PUNISHMENTS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Is not God in the height of heaven, the infinitely Exalted One, ruling the world and punishing evil? AND BEHOLD THE HEIGHT OF THE STARS, HOW HIGH THEY ARE! God is immensely exalted over puny man with...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S SIN EXPOSED BEFORE GOD (vv.1-8) Eliphaz considered that he was representing God in speaking, and exposing what he imagined were the sins of Job. He first asks a question that it is well worth...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HEIGHT OF THE STARS: _ Heb._ the head of the stars...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Again Eliphaz stresses God's distance above man (see Job 4:17-19; Job 5:9; Job 15:14-16). God is even higher than the farthest star....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-14 Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was visited as he supposed God always visited every wicked man. He charges him with oppression, and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IS NOT GOD IN THE HEIGHT OF HEAVEN? Surely he is; and from that high tower _he looketh down upon men_, PSALMS 14:2, to behold, and govern, and recompense all their actions, whether good or bad. And th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 22:12 God H433 height H1363 heaven H8064 see H7200 (H8798) highest H7218 stars H3556 lofty H7311 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Eliphaz's third discourse, accusing Job again of hypocrisy. CHARACTERS: God, Eliphaz, Job. CONCLUSION: It is the duty of those especially who are in affliction to keep up a perfect acquain...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 22:5. _Is not thy wickedness great?_ This speech of Eliphaz is cruel, and very much embittered; for it was mere suspicion that Job had robbed the widow, and stripped the naked. Job replies to it m...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Is not God in the height of heaven?_ GOD BROUGHT NEAR Is there anything that can make God a present God? Bring Him from the height of heaven beyond the stars into conscious contact with the experien...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Is not thy wickedness great?_ THE CHARGE AGAINST JOB I. Wrong in relation to man. In regard to the charge which he here brings against Job, it is worthy of note that whilst most expositors regard E...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _THIRD SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE_ Remonstrates with Job on his self-righteousness, and plainly charges him with grievous transgressions as the cause of his present sufferings; concludes with pro...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 22:1 Eliphaz returns to the attack, but with observations that are at first strangely pointless and irrelevant, _e.g._ on the unprofitableness of man to God (verses l, 2), and on the s...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Eliphaz takes up the argument now. And the same old story: he accuses Job of being wicked and he actually makes many bad accusations. He said, Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise m...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ecclesiastes 5:2; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 66:1; Psalms 115:16; Psalm

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Heaven — And from that high tower looketh down upon men, to behold, and govern, and recompense all their actions, whether good or bad. How high — Yet God is far higher than they, and from thence can e...

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