2 Raja-raja 24:4

24:4 Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them. ¹ 

Ayub 22:14

22:14 Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, ² 

as he goes back and forth

in the vault ³  of heaven.’ ⁴ 

Mazmur 10:11

10:11 He says to himself, ⁵ 

“God overlooks it;

he does not pay attention;

he never notices.” ⁶ 

[24:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and also the blood of the innocent which he shed, and he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.”

[22:14]  ² tn Heb “and he does not see.” The implied object is “us.”

[22:14]  ³ sn The word is “circle; dome”; here it is the dome that covers the earth, beyond which God sits enthroned. A. B. Davidson (Job, 165) suggests “on the arch of heaven” that covers the earth.

[22:14]  ⁴ sn The idea suggested here is that God is not only far off, but he is unconcerned as he strolls around heaven – this is what Eliphaz says Job means.

[10:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “he says in his heart.” See v. 6.

[10:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “God forgets, he hides his face, he never sees.”