Job 36:25

Job 36:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
• New International Version (NIV)All humanity has seen it; mortals gaze on it from afar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All mankind has looked on it; man beholds it from afar.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Everyone has seen these things, though only from a distance.

Context of Job 36:25

23Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, ‘You have done wrong’? 24“Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung. Everyone has seen it; Man looks on it from afar. 26“Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered. 27For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist,

Job 36:25 word by word

כָּל־אָדָ֥ם חָֽזוּ־ב֑וֹ אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ יַבִּ֥יט מֵרָחֽוֹק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Every manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• may seeחָזָהchâzâh · to seeH2372
• it; manאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• may beholdנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
• afar offרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350

Commentaries on Job 36:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Every man may see it - He who says he can examine the earth with a philosophic eye, and the heavens with the eye of an astronomer, and yet says he cannot see in them a system of infinite skill and contrivance, must be ignorant of science, or lie against his conscience, and be utterly unworthy of confidence or respect.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Every man may see it - That is, every man may look on the visible creation, and see proofs there of the wisdom and greatness of God. All may look on the sun, the moon, the stars; all may behold the tempest and the storm; all may see the lightning and the rain, and may form some conception of the majesty of the Most High. The idea of Elihu here is, that every man might trace the evidences that God is great in his works. Man may behold it afar off - His…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-33Verses 24-33 Elihu endeavours to fill Job with high thought of God, and so to persuade him into cheerful submission to his providence. Man may see God's works, and is capable of discerning his hand in them, which the beasts are not, therefore they ought to give him the glory. But while the worker of iniquity ought to tremble, the true believer should rejoice. Children should hear with pleasure their Father's voice, even when he speaks in terror to his…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