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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Job 37:24
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therefore, men fear him.He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart.
Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."
Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit."
That is why people honor him; he does not respect those who say they are wise."
Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart."
"Men therefore fear Him; He does not regard nor respect any who are wise in heart [in their own understanding and conceit]."
"Therefore people fear Him; He does not regard any who are wise of heart."
Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."
Let men therefore feare him: for he will not regarde any that are wise in their owne conceit.
Therefore men fear Him;He does not regard any who are wise of heart."
Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart."
And so we humans fear God, because he shows no respect for those who are proud and think they know so much.
This is why people fear him; he does not consider those who think of themselves as wise."
Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
That is why people fear and respect him. He shows no respect for those who think they are wise."
Therefore men shall fear him, and all that are wise in heart shall tremble before him.
No wonder, then, that everyone is awed by him, and that he ignores those who claim to be wise.
Therefore people revered him; he does not regard any who think that they are wise."
So, men, fear Him; He does not see any who are wise of heart.
Seinge then that euery body feareth him, why shulde not all wyse men also stode in feare of hi?
Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.
For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.
Men do therefore fear Him; He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.
Men doe therefore feare him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Let men therefore feare him: for there shall no man see him that is wyse in his owne conceit.
Wherefore men shall fear him; and the wise also in heart shall fear him.
Men do therefore fear him: he regardeth not any that are wise of heart.
Therfor men schulen drede hym; and alle men, that semen to hem silf to be wise, schulen not be hardi to biholde.
Men therefore fear him: He does not regard any that are wise of heart.
Men therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart.
Therefore men fear Him; He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart."
No wonder people everywhere fear him. All who are wise show him reverence."
So men honor Him with fear. He has respect for any who are wise in heart."
Therefore mortals fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit."
Therefore, do men revere him, He will not regard any who are wise in heart.
Therefore men shall fear him, and all that seem to themselves to be wise, shall not dare to behold him.
Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit."
Therefore do men fear Him, He seeth not any of the wise of heart.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fear: Psalms 130:4, Jeremiah 32:39, Jeremiah 33:9, Hosea 3:5, Matthew 10:28, Luke 12:4, Luke 12:5, Romans 2:4, Romans 11:20-22
he: Job 5:13, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Isaiah 5:21, Matthew 11:25, Matthew 11:26, Luke 10:21, 1 Corinthians 1:26, 1 Corinthians 3:19
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:9 - I have not Ecclesiastes 3:7 - and a time to speak Jeremiah 10:7 - would Colossians 3:25 - and
Cross-References
Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.
For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out.
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king's son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
The breath of our nostrils, the LORD'S anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, "Under his shadow We shall live among the nations."
As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Men do therefore fear him,.... Or should, because of his greatness in power, judgment, and justice; and because of his goodness, in not afflicting for his pleasure's sake, but for the profit of men; and therefore they should reverence and adore him, submit to his will, patiently bear afflictions, serve him internally and externally, with reverence and godly fear;
he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart; that are wise in a natural sense: these are not always regarded by God, or are his favourites; neither temporal blessings, nor special grace, or the knowledge of spiritual things, are always given to the wise and prudent, Ecclesiastes 9:11. Or that are wise in their own conceit; there is a woe to such; and there is more hope of a fool than of him, Isaiah 5:21. Or he is not "afraid" of them c, as some choose to render the word; he fears not to reprove them and correct them for their faults, or the schemes they form to counterwork him; for he can take them in their craftiness, and carry their counsel headlong. Or "every wise in heart shall not see him" d: the world by wisdom knows him not; nor can any look into his heart, his thoughts, purposes, and designs, and into the causes and reasons of his actions; nor have those that are truly wise perfect vision and knowledge of him now,
1 Corinthians 13:9.
c לא יראה "non timebit", Osiander. d "Non videbit eum omuis sapiens corde"; so some in Drusius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Men do therefore fear him - There is reason why they should fear him, or why they should treat him with reverence.
He respecteth not any that are wise of heart - He pursues his own plans, and forms and executes his own counsels. He is not dependent upon the suggestions of people, and does not listen to their advice. In his schemes he is original and independent, and people should therefore regard him with profound veneration. This is the sum of all that Elihu had to say - that God was original and independent; that he did not ask counsel of people in his dealings; that he was great, and glorious, and inscrutable in his plans; and that people therefore should bow before him with profound submission and adoration. It was to be presumed that he was wise and good in all that he did, and to this independent and almighty Sovereign man ought to submit his understanding and his heart. Having illustrated and enforced this sentiment, Elihu, overwhelmed with the awful symbols of the approaching Deity, is silent, and God is introduced to close the controversy.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 37:24. Men do therefore — Therefore men, אנשים anashim, wretched, miserable, ignorant, sinful men, should fear him.
He respecteth not any — No man is valuable in his sight on account of his wisdom; for what is his wisdom when compared with that of the Omniscient? Whatever good is in man, God alone is the author of it. Let him, therefore, that glorieth, glory in the Lord.
THUS ends the speech of Elihu; a speech of a widely different description, on the whole, from that of the three friends of Job who had spoken so largely before him. In the speeches of Eliphaz, Zophar, and Bildad, there is little besides a tissue of borrowed wise sayings, and ancient proverbs and maxims, relative to the nature of God, and his moral government of the world. In the speech of Elihu every thing appears to be original; he speaks from a deep and comprehensive mind, that had profoundly studied the subjects on which he discoursed. His descriptions of the Divine attributes, and of the wonderful works of God, are correct, splendid, impressive, and inimitable. Elihu, having now come nearly to a close, and knowing that the Almighty would appear and speak for himself, judiciously prepares for and announces his coming by the thunder and lightning of which he has given so terrific and majestic a description in this and the preceding chapter. The evidences of the Divine presence throng on his eyes and mind; the incomprehensible glory and excellency of God confound all his powers of reasoning and description; he cannot arrange his words by reason of darkness; and he concludes with stating, that to poor weak man God must for ever be incomprehensible, and to him a subject of deep religious fear and reverence. Just then the terrible majesty of the Lord appears! Elihu is silent! The rushing mighty wind, for which the description of the thunder and lightning had prepared poor, confounded, astonished Job, proclaims the presence of Jehovah: and out of this whirlwind God answers for and proclaims himself! Reader, canst thou not conceive something of what these men felt? Art thou not astonished, perplexed, confounded, in reading over these descriptions of the thunder of God's power? Prepare, then, to hear the voice of God himself out of this whirlwind.
