Job 12:22

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“He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.”

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BSBPD

“He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 12:22 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 6:12But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
  2. Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
  3. Job 11:6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
  4. Job 24:17For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
  5. Job 28:20From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
  6. Job 34:22There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
  7. Psalms 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
  8. Psalms 139:11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
  9. Psalms 139:12even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
  10. Daniel 2:22He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
  11. Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—
  12. Matthew 10:26So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
  13. Luke 1:79to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
  14. 1 Corinthians 2:10But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
  15. 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

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