Job 36 · Verse 22

Job 36:22

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Job 36:22, King James Version

Job 36:22 in other translations

BSBBehold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
WEBBehold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
ASVBehold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
YLTLo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who is like Him--a teacher?
DARBYLo,God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
BBETruly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?
WebsterBehold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

What does Job 36:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 36:22-25
22-25. 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 transition to Job 36:23 is natural. Umbreit with the Septuagint translates, "Who is Lord," wrongly, as this meaning belongs to later Hebrew.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 God 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 36:15-23

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…

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Job 36:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֶן\־hen-there!H2005
אֵ֭ל'elGodH410
יַשְׂגִּ֣יבyas.Givhe is exaltedH7682
בְּכֹח֑וֹbe.kho.Choin power hisH3581
מִ֖יmiwho?H4310
כָמֹ֣הוּkha.Mo.hulike himH3644
מוֹרֶֽה\׃mo.Reh[is] a teacherH4175

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Cross references for Job 36:22

  • 1 Samuel 2:7-8

    The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

  • Romans 13:1

    Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

  • Luke 1:52

    He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

  • Jeremiah 27:5-8

    I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

  • Isaiah 48:17

    Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

  • Isaiah 54:13

    And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

  • Daniel 4:32

    And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  • Psalms 94:12

    Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

  • Jeremiah 31:38

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

  • Job 35:11

    Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

  • Isaiah 14:5

    The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

  • Psalms 94:10

    He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
1Sa 2:7,8; Ps 75:7; Isa 14:5; Jer 27:5-8; Da 4:25,32; 5:18; Lu 1:52
Ro 13:1
who.
Ps 94:10,12; Isa 48:17; 54:13; Jer 31:38; Joh 6:45

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Context

  • Job 36:21

    Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

  • Job 36:22

    Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

  • Job 36:23

    Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

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Job 36:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí que Dios es excelso con su potencia: ¿qué enseñador semejante á él?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, ✶Dieu se montre élevé dans sa puissance: qui enseigne comme lui?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, Gott handelt erhaben in seiner Macht; wer ist ein Lehrer wie er?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce Deus excelsus in fortitudine sua, et nullus ei similis in legislatoribus.