Job 36 · Verse 25

Job 36:25

Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
Job 36:25, King James Version

Job 36:25 in other translations

BSBAll mankind has seen it; men behold it from afar.
WEBAll men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
ASVAll men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.
YLTAll men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.
DARBYAll men look at it; man beholdeth it afar off.
BBEAll people are looking on it; man sees it from far.
WebsterEvery man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

What does Job 36:25 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Every 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 36:24-33

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…

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Job 36:25 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.

כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אָדָ֥ם'a.DamhumankindH120
חָֽזוּ\־cha.zu-they have lookedH2372
ב֑וֹvoon it
אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ'e.No.oshhuman[s]H582
יַבִּ֥יטya.Bithe looksH5027
מֵרָחֽוֹק\׃me.ra.Chokfrom a distanceH7350

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Job 36:24

    Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

  • Job 36:25

    Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

  • Job 36:26

    Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

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Job 36:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los hombres todos la ven; mírala el hombre de lejos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tout homme la contemple, le mortel la regarde de loin.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alle Menschen schauen es an, der Sterbliche erblickt es aus der Ferne.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnes homines vident eum: unusquisque intuetur procul.