Christian Standard Bible
Job 36:23
23Who has appointed his way for him, and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?
Job 36:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
- New International Version (NIV)Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, ‘You have done wrong’?
Context of Job 36:23
21Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity, for that is why you have been tested by affliction. 22Look, God shows himself exalted by his power. Who is a teacher like him? Who has appointed his way for him, and who has declared, “You have done wrong”? 24Remember that you should praise his work, which people have sung about. 25All mankind has seen it; people have looked at it from a distance.
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מִֽי־פָקַ֣ד עָלָ֣יו דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּמִֽי־אָ֝מַ֗ר פָּעַ֥לְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:23
- Job 34:13Who gave him authority over the earth? Who put him in charge of the entire world?
- Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or who gave him counsel?
- Romans 11:34For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?
- 1 Corinthians 2:16For who has known the Lord’s mind, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
- Ephesians 1:11In him we have also received an inheritance, because we were predestined according to the plan of the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will,
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 34:10Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding. It is impossible for God to do wrong, and for the Almighty to act unjustly.
- Job 40:8Would you really challenge my justice? Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself?
- Romans 2:5Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I am using a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?
- Romans 9:14What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
Commentaries on Job 36:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Who hath enjoined him his way - Has God taken instructions from any man how he shall govern the world? Thou hast wrought iniquity? - Who can prove, in the whole compass of the creation, that there is one thing imperfect, superabundant, or out of its place? Who can show that there is, in the course of the Divine providence, one unrighteous, cruel, or unwise act? All the cunning and wickedness of man have never been able to find out the smallest flaw in the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Who hath enjoined him his way? - Who hath prescribed to him what he ought to do? Who is superior to him, and has marked out for him the plan which he ought to pursue? The idea is, that God is supreme and independent; no one has advised him, and no one has a right to counsel him. Perhaps, also, Elihu designs this as a reproof to Job for having complained so much of the government of God, and for being disposed, as he thought, to “prescribe” to God what he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 15-23 Elihu shows that Job caused the continuance of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in frowardness. Even good men need to be kept to their duty by the fear of God's wrath; the wisest and best have enough in them to deserve his stroke. Let not Job continue his unjust quarrel with God and his providence. And let us never dare to think favourably of sin, never indulge it, nor allow ourselves in it. Elihu thinks Job needed this…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2522-25. God is not to be impiously arraigned, but to be praised for His might, shown in His works. exalteth--rather, doeth lofty things, shows His exalted power [Umbreit] (Psa 21:13). teacheth--(Psa 94:12, &c.). The connection is, returning to Job 36:5, God's "might" is shown in His "wisdom"; He alone can teach; yet, because He, as a sovereign, explains not all His dealings, forsooth Job must presume to teach Him (Is 40:13, 14; Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:16). So the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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