Job 21:22
20 Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
24 His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
- KJV
- Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
- WEB
- “Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
- ASV
- Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?
- DARBY
- Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.
- BLB
- Can one teach knowledge to God, since He judges those being high?
- ÅB
- Vil noen lære Gud visdom, han som dømmer de høyeste[^5]?
- OTB
- Kan noen gi Gud kunnskap,
siden han dømmer selv de høyeste? - B1930
- Vil nogen lære Gud visdom, han som dømmer de høieste? / < d.e. englene.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 11:34
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:16
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:13–14
Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
Read in contextJob 40:2
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
Read in context2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
Read in contextPsalms 82:1
God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
Read in contextJob 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
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