Ayub 22:13-14
Konteks22:13 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
Ayub 22:17
Konteks22:17 They were saying to God, ‘Turn away from us,’
and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ 5
[22:13] 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).
[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.
[22:17] 5 tn The form in the text is “to them.” The LXX and the Syriac versions have “to us.”