Job 22:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 22:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 22:12 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! height of the stars: Heb. hea..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 22:12 — KJV
“Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars”
— Job 22:12 (KJV)
Job 22:12 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 22:12
“The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.”
Shares key themes with Job 22:12: god, heaven, behold
“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?”
Shares key themes with Job 22:12: god, heaven, behold
“Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. a lord...: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand”
Shares key themes with Job 22:12: god, heaven, behold
“But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!”
Shares key themes with Job 22:12: god, heaven, behold
“His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. the seers: or, Hosai”
Shares key themes with Job 22:12: god, behold, how
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