Job 22:12

Modern

Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

Traditional

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Literal

Is not God in the height of the heavens? And behold, the head of the stars, how exalted they are!

Latin

…an non cogitas quod Deus excelsior cælo sit, et super stellarum verticem sublimetur?

Hebrew

English

Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

What does God know?: Job did not claim that God cannot see, but others have (see Psalms 10:11; 73:11; 94:7).

Isaiah 66:1
This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
Job 11:8
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
Psalm 8:3–4
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Psalm 115:3
Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
Psalm 115:16
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.