22:14 Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, 1
as he goes back and forth
in the vault 2 of heaven.’ 3
1 tn Heb “and he does not see.” The implied object is “us.”
2 sn The word is “circle; dome”; here it is the dome that covers the earth, beyond which God sits enthroned. A. B. Davidson (Job, 165) suggests “on the arch of heaven” that covers the earth.
3 sn The idea suggested here is that God is not only far off, but he is unconcerned as he strolls around heaven – this is what Eliphaz says Job means.