EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 36:22
22Yes, God is very powerful. There is no teacher as good as he is.
Job 36:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
- New International Version (NIV)“God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him?
Context of Job 36:22
20Do not wait for the night to hide what you want to do. That is the time when people disappear from their homes. 21Be careful! Do not try to do wicked things. God has sent these troubles to test you. He wants to stop you doing evil things. Yes, God is very powerful. There is no teacher as good as he is. 23Nobody can tell him what he should do. No one can say to him, “You have done things that are wrong.” 24People sing songs to praise God for the things that he has done. You also should remember to praise him.
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הֶן־אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּכֹח֑וֹ מִ֖י כָמֹ֣הוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:22
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes some people poor and he makes other people rich. He causes some people to be important and he puts other people low down.
- Psalms 75:7God is the one who judges people. He decides who to bring down and who to lift up.
- Isaiah 14:5The Lord has destroyed the authority of wicked rulers like you.
- Jeremiah 27:5I used my great power and strength to make this earth, as well as the people and the animals who live on it. I give these things that I have made to anyone that I choose.
- Daniel 4:25People will chase you away from the city, so that you have to live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cows do. Dew from the sky will make you wet. You will live in that way for seven years. Then you will understand that the powerful God above rules over human kingdoms. He gives authority to rule to anyone that he chooses.
- Daniel 5:18I tell you this, King Belshazzar. The powerful God who rules over everything gave authority to your father, Nebuchadnezzar, to rule as king. God made him very great and very famous, so that he ruled with power. People respected him as a great king.
- Luke 1:52Some people were ruling countries. But he has taken their power away from them. He has given power to people who do not feel important.
- Romans 13:1Everyone must obey the government officers. It is God who gives the authority to rule. The people who rule have received their authority from God.
- Psalms 94:10He teaches the nations what is right. Will he not punish you, when you do what is wrong? He teaches people what they should know.
- Isaiah 48:17The Lord is your Redeemer, Israel's Holy God. He says, ‘I am the Lord your God. I teach you what will be good for you. I lead you along a good path in life.
- Isaiah 54:13I, the Lord, will teach your children, and peace will fill their lives.
- Jeremiah 31:38The Lord says this: ‘The time will soon come when this city of Jerusalem belongs to me again. You will build it all again, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner gate.
- John 6:45The prophets wrote in the Bible, “God will teach all the people.” Everyone who hears the Father's message and learns from him will come to me.
Commentaries on Job 36:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22God exalteth by his power - He has brought thee low, but he can raise thee up. Thou art not yet out of the reach of his mercy. Thy affliction is a proof that he acts towards thee as a merciful Parent. He knows what is best to be done; he teaches thee how thou shouldst suffer and improve. Why sin against his kindness? Who can teach like him?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Behold, God exalteth by his power - The object of Elihu is now to direct the attention of Job to God, and to show him that he has evinced such power and wisdom in his works, that we ought not to presume to arraign him, but should bow with submission to his will. He remarks, therefore, that God “exalts,” or rather that God is “exalted,” or “exalts himself” (ישׂגיב yaśagiyb ) by his power. In the exhibition of his power, he thus shows that he is great, and…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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