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Job 36:23
23Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done 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?
- 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’?
- New Living Translation (NLT)No one can tell him what to do, or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’
Context of Job 36:23
21Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction. 22“God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him? Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’? 24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song. 25All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.
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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 34:13Who appointed him over the earth? Who put him in charge of the whole world?
- Isaiah 40:13Who can fathom the Spirit of the Lord, or instruct the Lord as his counselor?
- Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
- 1 Corinthians 2:16for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
- Ephesians 1:11In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 34:10“So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the Almighty to do wrong.
- Job 40:8“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
- Romans 2:5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)
- Romans 9:14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all!
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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