22:13 But you have said, ‘What does God know?
Does he judge through such deep darkness? 1
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
1 sn Eliphaz is giving to Job the thoughts and words of the pagans, for they say, “How does God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?” (see Ps 73:11; 94:11).
2 tn Heb “and he does not see.” The implied object is “us.”
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.
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.