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An Unjust Accusation
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse does not represent Job's actual beliefs. Instead, it is Eliphaz's false accusation, where he puts words in Job's mouth to portray him as someone who thinks God is too distant and obscured by clouds to see or care about human actions.
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Job
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Albert Barnes
On Job 22:14
18th Century
Theologian
Thick clouds are a covering to him—this is to be understood as expressing what Eliphaz regarded as Job's sentiment—that such thick …
John Gill
On Job 22:14
17th Century
Pastor
Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not
Thus Job is made to speak, or to reason as atheistical perso…
Matthew Henry
On Job 22:5–14
17th Century
Minister
Eliphaz brought heavy charges against Job, without reason for his accusations, except that Job was afflicted as he supposed God always afflicted ev…