God’s Word Translation
Job 36:5
5“Certainly, God is mighty. He doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty and brave.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Context of Job 36:5
3I will get my knowledge from far away and prove that my Creator is fair. 4Certainly, my words are not lies. The one who knows everything is ⌞speaking⌟ with you. “Certainly, God is mighty. He doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty and brave. 6He doesn’t allow the wicked person to live. He grants justice to those who are oppressed. 7He doesn’t take his eyes off righteous people. He seats them on thrones with kings to honor them forever.
Read all of Job 36Job 36:5 word by word
הֶן־אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 36:5
- Job 10:3What do you gain by mistreating me, by rejecting the work of your hands while you favor the plans of the wicked?
- Job 31:13“If I have abused the rights of my servants, male or female, when they have disagreed with me,
- Psalms 22:24The Lord has not despised or been disgusted with the plight of the oppressed one. He has not hidden his face from that person. The Lord heard when that oppressed person cried out to him for help.
- Psalms 138:6Even though the Lord is high above, he sees humble people ⌞close up⌟, and he recognizes arrogant people from a distance.
- Job 9:14“How can I possibly answer God? How can I find the right words ⌞to speak⌟ with him?
- Job 12:13God has wisdom and strength. Advice and insight are his.
- Job 26:12With his power he calmed the sea. With his insight he killed Rahab ⌞the sea monster⌟.
- Job 37:23The Almighty, whom we can’t reach, is great in power and judgment, has more than enough righteousness, and does not oppress.
- Psalms 99:4The king’s strength is that he loves justice. You have established fairness. You have done what is fair and right for Jacob.
- Psalms 147:5Our Lord is great, and his power is great. There is no limit to his understanding.
- Jeremiah 10:12The Lord made the earth by his power. He set up the world by his skill. He stretched out the world by his understanding.
- Jeremiah 32:19You make wise plans and do mighty things. You see everything the descendants of Adam do. You reward them for the way they live and for what they do.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24But to those Jews and Greeks who are called, he is Christ, God’s power and God’s wisdom.
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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