EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 36:23
23Nobody can tell him what he should do. No one can say to him, “You have done things that are 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! Do not try to do wicked things. God has sent these troubles to test you. He wants to stop you doing evil things. 22Yes, God is very powerful. There is no teacher as good as he is. Nobody 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. 25People everywhere have seen the things that God has done. But we look at them from far away.
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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 34:13God's great power did not come from anyone else! He himself has authority over the whole world.
- Isaiah 40:13Nobody understands the mind of the Lord. Nobody can be his advisor, to tell him what he should do.
- Romans 11:34The Bible says this: ‘Nobody knows the thoughts of the Lord God. Nobody is able to tell him what he should do.’
- 1 Corinthians 2:16As it says in the Bible: ‘Nobody can know what the Lord God is thinking. Nobody can tell him what he should do.’ But we think about these things in the same way that Christ thinks.
- Ephesians 1:11God is able to make all things happen just like he decides. He chose us to be his own people, because we are united with Christ. In the beginning, God had already decided that this was his purpose.
- Job 8:3Surely you know that God is fair. The Almighty God never changes right things into wrong things.
- Job 34:10So listen to me, you men who understand so much. Almighty God can never do anything that is wrong or wicked!
- Job 40:8Do you say that I am not a fair judge? Do you want to show that I am guilty, not you? Then you could say that you are right.
- Romans 2:5But you refuse to change the way that you live. You are not sorry about the wrong things that you have done. As a result, you cause God to become even angrier with you. So he will punish you even more on the day when he will judge everyone. On that day, he will show how angry he is against people who do bad things. Everyone will know that he judges people in a right way.
- Romans 3:5Maybe some people may say, ‘The wrong things that we do show more clearly that God is always right. So perhaps God is wrong to punish us.’
- Romans 9:14Because of this, someone might say that God is not fair. No! We should never say that!
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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