King James Version

Job 22:14

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

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עָבִ֣יםavimcloudעָבnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “cloud”, the ordinary formH5645properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copseclay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).סֵֽתֶרseterbackbitingסֵתֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “backbiting”, the ordinary formH5643a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).ל֭וֹlvotoל֭וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toוְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִרְאֶ֑הyirehseeרָאָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “see”, an unfinished actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…וְח֥וּגvechugand circleחוּגconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and circle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2329a circlecircle, circuit, compass.שָׁ֝מַ֗יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).יִתְהַלָּֽךְyithalakhewalkהָלַךְverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “walk”, an unfinished actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

Douay-Rheims

The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Νεφέλη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται, καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται.