Job 36:5
3 I get my knowledge from afar, and I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
4 For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- KJV
- Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
- WEB
- “Behold, God is mighty, and doesn’t despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- ASV
- Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- DARBY
- Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
- BLB
- Behold, God [is] mighty, and He does not despise; [He is] mighty [in] strength of heart.
- ÅB
- Se, Gud er sterk, men han akter ikke noen ringe; han er sterk i forstandens kraft.
- OTB
- Se, Gud er mektig og avviser ingen;
Han er mektig i styrke og forståelse. - B1930
- Se, Gud er sterk, men han akter ikke nogen ringe; han er sterk i forstandens kraft.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 22:24
For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
Read in contextPsalms 138:6
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:12
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Read in contextPsalms 147:5
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
Read in contextJob 37:23
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:19
the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
Read in contextJob 31:13
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
Read in contextJob 26:12–14
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
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