Job 22:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Is not God in the height of heaven? Surely, he is; and from that high tower he looketh down upon men, to behold, and govern, and recompense all their actions, whether good or bad. And, therefore, O Job, thou art grossly mistaken, in thinking that good men suffer as deeply as any others in this lower world, while the vilest of men flourish and are exalted; which would imply that all things are managed here by chance, or without any regard to justice and to just men, and not by the wise and holy providence of God. Behold the stars, how high they are Yet God is far higher than they, and from thence can easily observe all men and things here below.

Job 22:12

12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars,c how high they are!