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Job 12:22
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses his friends during his prolonged suffering, positioning God as the sovereign agent who dismantles human power and exposes hidden realities.
The words — מְגַלֶּ֣ה (megalleh) means "[he is] revealing," and עֲ֭מֻקוֹת (amukot) translates to "unfathomable [things]."
The thread — This theme of divine exposure runs through Daniel 2:22, where God reveals hidden things, and 1 Corinthians 2:10, which notes that the Spirit searches the deep things of God.
Why it lands — The text asserts that God extracts concealed matters from darkness into light, requiring the reader to acknowledge that no human scheme or circumstance remains outside divine scrutiny.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Cross-references
- Daniel 2:22 He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10 But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
- Job 3:5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
- Luke 1:79 to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
- Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
- Matthew 10:26 So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
- Job 28:20 From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
- Job 34:22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
- Psalms 44:21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?