King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
[Is] not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Complete Jewish Bible:
"Isn't God in the heights of heaven, looking [down even] on the highest stars?
Berean Standard Bible:
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
American Standard Version:
Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Is not God{H433} in the height{H1363} of heaven{H8064}? and behold{H7200} the height{H7218} of the stars{H3556}, how high{H7311} they are!
Cross-References (KJV):
Job 11:8
- [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
Ecclesiastes 5:2
- Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Psalms 115:16
- The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Isaiah 66:1
- ¶ Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?
Psalms 115:3
- But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Psalms 8:3
- ¶ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psalms 8:4
- What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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Commentary for Job 22:12
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H433
There are 123 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֱלוֹהַּ
Transliteration: ʼĕlôwahh
Pronunciation: el-o'-ah
Description: rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ; probably prolonged (emphatic) from אֵל; a deity or the Deity; God, god. See אֱלֹהִים. - Strong's Number: H1363
There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גֹּבַהּ
Transliteration: gôbahh
Pronunciation: go'-bah
Description: from גָּבַהּ; elation, grandeur, arrogance; excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride. - Strong's Number: H8064
There are 395 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁמַיִם
Transliteration: shâmayim
Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yim
Description: dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s). - Strong's Number: H7200
There are 1212 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָאָה
Transliteration: râʼâh
Pronunciation: raw-aw'
Description: a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions. - Strong's Number: H7218
There are 548 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רֹאשׁ
Transliteration: rôʼsh
Pronunciation: roshe
Description: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top. - Strong's Number: H3556
There are 37 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כּוֹכָב
Transliteration: kôwkâb
Pronunciation: ko-kawb'
Description: probably from the same as כַּבּוֹן (in the sense of rolling) or כָּוָה (in the sense of blazing); a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince; star(-gazer). - Strong's Number: H7311
There are 185 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רוּם
Transliteration: rûwm
Pronunciation: room
Description: a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively); bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.