Job 22:12

"or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you."

Key Reflection

In Job 22:12, the phrase "or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you" describes a profound state of calamity and despair. This imagery evokes a sense of being overwhelmed by both physical and spiritual darkness, symbolizing total devastation without any hope or light to guide one through the crisis. Such a description reflects the cultural understanding of divine judgment where darkness and overwhelming waters were often associated with God's wrath and punishment in ancient Near Eastern literature.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Is not God in the height of heaven? -In the highest heaven. That is, Is not God exalted over all worlds? This seems to be intended to refer to the sentiments of Job, as if he had maintained that God was so exalted that he could not notice what was occurring on earth. It should, therefore, be read in connection with the following verse: “God is so exalted, that thou sayest, How can he know? Can he look down through the thick clouds which intervene between him and man?” Job had maintained no such opinion, but the process of thought in the mind of Eliphaz seems to have been this.

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