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

20Do not long for the cover of night, for that is when people will be destroyed. 21Be on guard! Turn back from evil, for God sent this suffering to keep you from a life of evil. “Look, God is all-powerful. Who is a teacher like him? 23No one can tell him what to do, or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.’ 24Instead, glorify his mighty works, singing songs of praise.

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 makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up.
• Psalms 75:7It is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall.
• Isaiah 14:5For the Lord has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule.
• Jeremiah 27:5With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose.
• Daniel 4:25You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.
• Daniel 5:18Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar.
• Luke 1:52He has brought down princes from their thrones and exalted the humble.
• Romans 13:1Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.
• Psalms 94:10He punishes the nations—won’t he also punish you? He knows everything—doesn’t he also know what you are doing?
• Isaiah 48:17This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.
• Isaiah 54:13I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace.
• Jeremiah 31:38“The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when all Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
• John 6:45As it is written in the Scriptures, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes 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
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• Elihu
• Esteem
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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