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King James Version

Job 36:22

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Power;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Power of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Exaltation;   Holman Bible Dictionary - God;   Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Job;   Providence;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elihu;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exalt;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 26;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
"Look, God is all-powerful. Who is a teacher like him?
English Revised Version
Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: who is a teacher like unto him?
Update Bible Version
Look, God does loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like him?
New Century Version
"God is great and powerful; no other teacher is like him.
New English Translation
Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
World English Bible
Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
Amplified Bible
"Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a ruler or a teacher like Him?
English Standard Version
Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! God is hiy in his strengthe, and noon is lijk hym among the yyueris of lawe.
Berean Standard Bible
Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Contemporary English Version
God's power is unlimited. He needs no teachers
American Standard Version
Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
Bible in Basic English
Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?
Complete Jewish Bible
"Look, God is exalted in his strength; who is a teacher like him?
Darby Translation
Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?
Easy-to-Read Version
"Look, God's power makes him great! He is the greatest teacher of all.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?
King James Version (1611)
Beholde, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
New Life Bible
See, God is honored in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
New Revised Standard
See, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, God exalteth by his power: what teacher is like him?
George Lamsa Translation
Behold, God is mighty in power: who can teach like him?
Good News Translation
Remember how great is God's power; he is the greatest teacher of all.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.
Revised Standard Version
Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, God is of a mightie hie power: Where is there such a guide and lawe geuer as he?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
Christian Standard Bible®
Look, God shows himself exalted by his power.Who is a teacher like him?
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
Lexham English Bible
"Look, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
Literal Translation
Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him -- a teacher?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, God is of a mightie hye power: Where is there soch a gyde and lawegeuer as he?
THE MESSAGE
"Do you have any idea how powerful God is? Have you ever heard of a teacher like him? Has anyone ever had to tell him what to do, or correct him, saying, ‘You did that all wrong!'? Remember, then, to praise his workmanship, which is so often celebrated in song. Everybody sees it; nobody is too far away to see it.
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a teacher like Him?
New King James Version
"Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a teacher like Him?
Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, God is exalted in His power;Who is a teacher like Him?

Contextual Overview

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. 20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. 22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God: 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 75:7, Isaiah 14:5, Jeremiah 27:5-8, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 5:18, Luke 1:52, Romans 13:1

who: Psalms 94:10, Psalms 94:12, Isaiah 48:17, Isaiah 54:13, Jeremiah 31:38, John 6:45

Reciprocal: Job 33:12 - thou Psalms 25:5 - teach Psalms 119:135 - and teach Isaiah 40:13 - hath directed Romans 11:34 - General 1 Peter 5:6 - that

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 1:39
And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, God exalteth by his power,.... He exalts himself, or causes himself to be exalted, and even above all the blessing and praise of his creatures; by his power, in the works of creation and providence, he makes such a display of his glorious perfections, as to set him on high, and out of the reach of the highest praises of men. He exalts his Son as Mediator, and has made him higher than the kings of the earth, 1 Timothy 2:5; he exalts him as a Prince and a Saviour, Acts 5:31, to give repentance and remission of sins to his people, and to be the Judge of quick and dead, Acts 10:42. He has exalted the human nature of Christ to the grace of union to the Son of God: and exalted him in this nature at his right hand, far above all principality and power, Ephesians 1:21: he exalts men in a civil sense, who are in a low estate, and raises them to a very high one; promotion is alone of him, he sets up and puts down at pleasure. In a spiritual sense, he exalts men when he brings them out of a state of nature into an open state of grace; brings them out of the horrible pit, and sets their feet upon the rock Christ Jesus; takes them as beggars from the dunghill, and places them among princes, even the princes of his people; admits them to communion with himself, puts and keeps them in his favour, as in a garrison; and at last causes them to inherit the throne of glory, 1 Samuel 2:8. He exalts men, when he sets the poor on high from affliction, and brings them out of adversity into prosperity; and which is what may be chiefly intended here; let a man he brought as low as may, God can by his power, if he will, raise him up again. And this may be said for the comfort and encouragement of Job, in his present circumstances: and so Aben Ezra interprets it,

"God will exalt thee;''

as he afterwards did. The Targum is,

"behold, God alone is strong in his might;''

see Psalms 21:13;

who teacheth like him? He teaches by his providences, adverse as well as prosperous; he teaches by his word and ordinances; he teaches by his Spirit and grace, and none teaches like him. Ministers of the word teach men both doctrine and duty, but not like him; they have their gifts for teaching, their wisdom and knowledge, their doctrine, and all the use they are of, from him; none teach so pleasantly, so profitably, so powerfully and effectually, as he does: the Targum adds,

"right things?''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, 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 that people ought to be submissive to him. In support of this, he appeals, in the remainder of his discourse, to the “works” of God as furnishing extraordinary proofs of power, and full demonstration that God is exalted far above man.

Who teacheth like him? - The Septuagint renders this, δυνάστης dunastēs - “Who is so powerful as he?” Rosenmuller and Umbreit render it Lord: “Who is Lord like him?” But the Hebrew word (מורה môreh) properly means “one who instructs,” and the idea is, that there is no one who is qualified to give so exalted conceptions of the government of God as he is himself. The object is to direct the mind to him as he is revealed in his works, in order to obtain elevated conceptions of his government.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 36:22. 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?


 
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