English Standard Version
Job 36:5
5"Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
Job 36:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
- New International Version (NIV)“God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone! He is mighty in both power and understanding.
Context of Job 36:5
3I will get my knowledge from afar and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. "Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding. 6He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right. 7He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
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הֶן־אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 36:5
- Job 10:3Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
- Job 31:13"If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me,
- Psalms 22:24For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
- Psalms 138:6For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
- Job 9:14How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?
- Job 12:13"With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
- Job 26:12By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
- Job 37:23The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
- Psalms 99:4The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Psalms 147:5Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
- Jeremiah 10:12It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
- Jeremiah 32:19great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Commentaries on Job 36:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5God is mighty and despiseth not any - He reproaches no man for his want of knowledge. If any man lack wisdom, he may come to God, who giveth liberally, and upbraideth not. I prefer this to the passive sense, will not be despised. He is mighty - Literally, "He is mighty in strength of heart;" he can never be terrified nor alarmed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Behold, God is Mighty - This is the first consideration which Elihu urges, and the purpose seems to be to affirm that God is so great that he has no occasion to modify his treatment of any class of people from a reference to himself. He is wholly independent of all, and can therefore be impartial in his dealings. If it were otherwise; if he were dependent upon human beings for any share of his happiness, he might be tempted to show special favor to the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those that are injured. If our eye is ever toward God in duty, his eye will be ever upon us in mercy, and, when we are at the lowest, will not overlook us. God intends, when he afflicts us, to discover past sins to us, and to bring them to our remembrance. Also, to dispose our hearts to be taught: affliction makes people willing to learn, through the grace of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Rather, "strength of understanding" (heart) the force of the repetition of "mighty"; as "mighty" as God is, none is too low to be "despised" by Him; for His "might" lies especially in "His strength of understanding," whereby He searches out the most minute things, so as to give to each his right. Elihu confirms his exhortation (Job 35:14).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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