the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Job 37:23
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We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty; but even though he is just and righteous, he does not destroy us.
Touching the Almighty, we can not find him out; he is excellent in power: and in judgment and plenteous justice he will not afflict.
[Concerning] the Almighty, we can't find him out He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.
The Almighty is too high for us to reach. He has great strength; he is always right and never punishes unfairly.
As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.
[Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: [he is] excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice: he will not afflict.
We can't reach the Almighty, He is exalted in power; In justice and great righteousness he will not oppress.
"The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is exalted in power And He will not do violence to [nor disregard] justice and abundant righteousness.
The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
For we moun not fynde him worthili; he is greet in strengthe, and in doom, and in riytfulnesse, and may not be teld out.
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness, He does not oppress.
God cannot be seen— but his power is great, and he is always fair.
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.
There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.
Shaddai, whom we cannot find, whose power is immense, in his great righteousness does not pervert justice.
The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict.
We have seen that God All-Powerful really is all powerful! But he is just and never treats anyone unfairly.
The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, is excellent in power, yet to judgment and plenteous justice He doeth no violence.
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in iudgement, and in plenty of iustice: he will not afflict.
We cannot come near the All-powerful. He is lifted high with power. And He is right and fair and good and will not make it hard for us.
The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
It is the Almightie: we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, & aboundant in iustice: he afflicteth not.
As for the Almighty, he is excellent in power and in justice; the Prince of the righteous will not afflict his people.
God's power is so great that we cannot come near him; he is righteous and just in his dealings with us.
The Almighty, whom we have not fully found out, is great in vigour, - Neither, justice nor abounding righteousness, will he weaken.
We cannot find him worthily: he is great in strength, and in judgment, and in justice, and he is ineffable.
The Almighty--we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
It is the almightie, we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundaunt in iustice: he afflicteth not.
and we do not find another his equal in strength: as for him that judges justly, dost thou not think that he listens?
The Almighty—we cannot reach him—he is exalted in power!He will not violate justice and abundant righteousness,
We can't reach Shaddai, He is exalted in power; In justice and great righteousness he will not oppress.
As for Shaddai, we cannot attain him; he is exalted in power, and he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.
We cannot find Him, the Almighty; He is exalted in power; and He does not violate justice and abundant righteousness.
The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,
It is not we that can fynde out the allmightie: for in power, equite and rigtuousnesse he is hyer then can be expressed.
"Mighty God! Far beyond our reach! Unsurpassable in power and justice! It's unthinkable that he'd treat anyone unfairly. So bow to him in deep reverence, one and all! If you're wise, you'll most certainly worship him."
"The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is exalted in power And He will not violate justice and abundant righteousness.
As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him; He is excellent in power, In judgment and abundant justice; He does not oppress.
"The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is exalted in power And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.
The Almighty—we cannot find Him;He is exalted in powerAnd He will not afflict justice and abundant righteousness.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
we: Job 37:19, Job 11:7, Job 26:14, Job 36:26, Proverbs 30:3, Proverbs 30:4, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Luke 10:22, Romans 11:33, 1 Timothy 6:16
excellent: Job 9:4, Job 9:19, Job 12:13, Job 36:5, Psalms 62:11, Psalms 65:6, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 93:1, Psalms 99:4, Psalms 146:6, Psalms 146:7, Isaiah 45:21, Matthew 6:13
in judgment: Psalms 36:5-7
he will: Job 16:7-17, Psalms 30:5, Lamentations 3:32, Lamentations 3:33, Hebrews 12:10
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 10:17 - a great Job 9:10 - great things Job 33:23 - to Job 34:10 - far Job 35:5 - Look Psalms 36:6 - judgments Psalms 59:16 - But Ecclesiastes 11:5 - even Isaiah 28:29 - cometh Jeremiah 10:7 - would 2 Corinthians 9:1 - touching
Cross-References
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[Touching] the Almighty,.... Or with respect to God, who is almighty; with whom nothing is impossible; who can do and does do all things he pleases, and more than we can ask or think; and who is all sufficient, as this word is by some rendered; has enough of every thing in himself and of himself to make him happy; and needs not any of his creatures, nor anything they can do or give him, but has a sufficiency for himself and them;
we cannot find him out; found he may be in his works, and especially in his Son, the express image of his person; in whom he makes himself known as the God of grace: but he is not to be found out to perfection; neither by the light of nature, which is very dim, and by which men grope after him, if haply they may find him; nor even by the light of grace in the present state: and there are many things in God quite out of the reach of man, and ever will be, fully to comprehend; as the modes of the subsistence of the three Persons in the Godhead; the eternity and immensity of God; with all secret things, which belong not to us to inquire curiously into;
[he is] excellent in power; or great and much in it; which is displayed in the works of creation and sustentation of the world; in the redemption and conversion of his people; in the support, protection, and preservation of them; and in the destruction of his and their enemies;
and in judgment; in the government of the world in so righteous a manner; in the judgments he executes on wicked men; and as he will appear to be in the general judgment of the world, at the great day, which will be a righteous one;
and in plenty of justice; being most just, righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works; distributing justice to all, acting according to the rules of it, in all things and towards all persons; so that though he is great in power, he does not abuse that power, to do things that are not just;
he will not afflict; without a just cause and reason for it; nor willingly, but with reluctance; nor never beyond deserts, nor more than he gives strength to bear; and only for the good of his people, and in love to them. Some render it, "he will not answer" b; or give an account of his matters, or the reason of his dealings with men.
b ×× ××¢×× "non respondebit", Tigurine version; so some in Mercerus and Drusius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out - See the notes at Job 11:7-9. This sentiment accords with all that Elihu had said, and indeed is what he designed particularly to enforce. But it has a special emphasis here, where God is seen approaching in visible splendor, encompassed with clouds and tempests, and seated on a throne of burnished gold. Such a God, Elihu says, it was impossible to comprehend. His majesty was overwhelming, The passage is much more impressive and solemn, and accords much better with the original, by omitting the words which our translators have introduced and printed in italics. It would then be,
The Almighty! - We cannot find him out!
Great in power, and in justice, and in righteouness!
Thus, it expresses the overwhelming emotion, the awe, the alarm produced on the mind of one who saw God approaching in the sublimity of the storm.
He is excellent in power - He excels, or is vast and incomprehensible in power.
And in judgment - That is, in justice.
And in plenty of justice - Hebrew, âin multitude of righteousness.â The meaning is, that there was an overflowing fulness of righteousness; his character was entirely righteous, or that trait abounded in him.
He will not afflict - Or, he will not oppress, he will not crush. It was true that he âdid afflictâ people, but the idea is, that there was not harshness or oppression in it. He would not do it for the mere sake of producing affliction, or when it was not deserved. Some manuscipts vary the reading here so as to mean âhe will not answer;â that is, he will not give any account of what he does. The change has relation only to the points, but the above is the usual interpretation, and accords well with the connection.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 37:23. Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out — This is a very abrupt exclamation, and highly descriptive of the state of mind in which Elihu was at this time; full of solemnity, wonder, and astonishment, at his own contemplation of this "great First Cause, least understood." The ALMIGHTY! we cannot find him out.
Excellent in power and in judgment — We must not pretend to comprehend his being, the mode of his existence, the wisdom of his counsels, nor the mysteries of his conduct.
He will not afflict. — ×× ××¢× × la yeanneh, he will not ANSWER. He will give account of none of his matters to us. We cannot comprehend his motives, nor the ends he has in view.
