Job 22:15

"Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’"

Key Reflection

In Job 22:15, Eliphaz suggests that God is concealed by thick clouds, making it impossible for him to observe earthly events directly. This image portrays a divine presence that transcends human comprehension, walking above the heavens where his intervention remains mysterious and unfathomable to mortals.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? -Hast thou seen what has happened in former times to wicked people? Job had maintained that God did not deal with people in this world according to their character. To meet this, Eliphaz now appeals to ancient facts, and especially refers to the deluge, when the wicked were cut off by a flood for their sins. Schultens, Dr. Good, Noyes, and Reiske, however, suppose that tbe word here rendered “mark,” means to “pursue,” or “imitate,” and that the sense is,” Are you willing to adopt the principles of those wicked people who lived in the time of the deluge?” But the sense is not materially affected.

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