Job 36:22

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

20Don’t look forward to the night, when people disappear from their places. 21Be careful! Don’t turn to evil, because you have chosen evil instead of suffering. “God does great things by his power. Is there any teacher like him? 23Who can tell him which way he should go? Who can say to him, ‘You did wrong’? 24Remember that you should praise his work. People have sung about it.

Job 36:22 word by word

הֶן־אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּכֹח֑וֹ מִ֖י כָמֹ֣הוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• exaltethשָׂגַבώâgab · to exaltH7682
• by his powerכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• who teachethיָרָאyârâh yârâ' · to shootH3384

Cross-references for Job 36:22

• 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord causes poverty and grants wealth. He humbles ⌞people⌟; he also promotes them.
• Psalms 75:7God alone is the judge. He punishes one person and rewards another.
• Isaiah 14:5The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.
• Jeremiah 27:5‘I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.
• Daniel 4:25You will be forced away from people and live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle. The dew from the sky will make you wet. And seven time periods will pass until you realize that the Most High has power over human kingdoms and that he gives them to whomever he wishes.
• Daniel 5:18“Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your grandfather Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, might, honor, and glory.
• Luke 1:52He pulled strong rulers from their thrones. He honored humble people.
• Romans 13:1Every person should obey the government in power. No government would exist if it hadn’t been established by God. The governments which exist have been put in place by God.
• Psalms 94:10He disciplines nations. Do you think he can’t punish? He teaches people. Do you think he doesn’t know anything?
• Isaiah 48:17This is what the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says: I am the Lord your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.
• Isaiah 54:13All your children will be taught by the Lord, and your children will have unlimited peace.
• Jeremiah 31:38“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when the city will be rebuilt for me from the Tower of Hananel to Corner Gate.
• John 6:45The prophets wrote, ‘God will teach everyone.’ Those who do what they have learned from the Father 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

Topics related to Job 36:22

• Power
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• God
• Ascribe
• Elihu
• Esteem
• Hang
• Exalt

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