Verse 12
Second double strophe THE FATE OF THE ANTEDILUVIANS A WARNING TO Job , vv12-20.
a. The sceptical views of Job, which exalted God above all concern for and knowledge of the universe, have led Job into the commission of the sins alleged, and aggravated the punishment they called forth, Job 22:12-15.
12. In the height of heaven The abrupt original appears by omitting in. Is not God high as the heavens? (Job 11:8,) exalted so high that he cannot see. The language that Milton attributes to Eve after her terrible sin breathes the same godless spirit.
And I perhaps am secret: heaven is high;
High and remote to see from thence distinct
Each thing on earth.
Paradise Lost, book 9.
It belongs to sinful nature to solace itself with the treacherous sense of secrecy. “They will gladly allow God his heavens, if he will only allow them their earthly life of pleasure.” Starke.
Height of the stars The highest stars.
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