Job 22:13
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And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

How.

Psalm 10:11 For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.

Psalm 59:7 Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?

Psalm 73:11 And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Psalm 94:7-9 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand. . . .

Ezekiel 8:12 And he said to me: Surely thou seest, O son of man, what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in private in his chamber: for they say: The Lord seeth us not, the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

Ezekiel 9:9 And he said to me: The iniquity of the house of Israel, and of Juda, is exceeding great, and the land is filled with blood, and the city is filled with perverseness: for they have said: The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

Zephaniah 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.

Context
Eliphaz Exhorts Job
12Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars? 13And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.14The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.…
Cross References
Psalm 10:11
For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.

Psalm 59:7
Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?

Psalm 64:5
They will shoot at him on a sudden, and will not fear: they are resolute in wickedness. They have talked of hiding snares; they have said: Who shall see them?

Psalm 73:11
And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Psalm 94:7
And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

Psalm 139:11
And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

Isaiah 29:15
Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?

Jeremiah 23:24
Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

Ezekiel 8:12
And he said to me: Surely thou seest, O son of man, what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in private in his chamber: for they say: The Lord seeth us not, the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

Ezekiel 9:9
And he said to me: The iniquity of the house of Israel, and of Juda, is exceeding great, and the land is filled with blood, and the city is filled with perverseness: for they have said: The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

Lexicon
Yet you say:
וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ (wə·’ā·mar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

does God
אֵ֑ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

know?
יָּ֣דַֽע (yā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

Does He judge
יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃ (yiš·pō·wṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

through
הַבְעַ֖ד (haḇ·‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for

thick darkness?
עֲרָפֶ֣ל (‘ă·rā·p̄el)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6205: Cloud, heavy cloud


Additional Translations
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?

And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

And thou sayest, What doth God know? can he judge through the thick darkness?

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?
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