Job 37:23
{Touching} the Almighty, we cannot find him out: {he is} excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
King James Version
✦ Tap any word with a dotted underline to see its original language study
Connections · 46
Parallel · 46
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable {are} his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom {be} honour and power everlasting. Amen.
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Behold, God {is} mighty, and despiseth not {any: he is} mighty in strength {and} wisdom. {wisdom: Heb. heart}
{He is} wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened {himself} against him, and hath prospered?
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: {and} not that he should return from his ways, and live?
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn {yourselves}, and live ye. {yourselves: or, others}
Tell ye, and bring {them} near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? {who} hath told it from that time? {have} not I the LORD? and {there is} no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; {there is} none beside me.
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. {have: Heb. know}
For his anger {endureth but} a moment; in his favour {is} life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy {cometh} in the morning. {his anger...: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger} {for a night: Heb. in the evening} {joy: Heb. singing}
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, {wherewith} he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power {belongeth} unto God. {power: or, strength}
Lo, these {are} parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
For they verily for a few days chastened {us} after their own pleasure; but he for {our} profit, that {we} might be partakers of his holiness. {after...: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them}
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein {is}: which keepeth truth for ever:
Thy mercy, O LORD, {is} in the heavens; {and} thy faithfulness {reacheth} unto the clouds.
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; {being} girded with power:
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Behold, God {is} great, and we know {him} not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
He hath made every {thing} beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
With him {is} wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. {With...: that is, With God}
If {I speak} of strength, lo, {he is} strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time {to plead}?
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and {he} to whom the Son will reveal {him}. {many ancient copies add these words at the beginning of verse, and turning to his disciples, he said}
Say unto God, How terrible {art thou in} thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. {submit...: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie}
Teach us what we shall say unto him; {for} we cannot order {our speech} by reason of darkness.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable {are} his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
He hath made every {thing} beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Behold, God {is} mighty, and despiseth not {any: he is} mighty in strength {and} wisdom. {wisdom: Heb. heart}
Behold, God {is} great, and we know {him} not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
As thou knowest not what {is} the way of the spirit, {nor} how the bones {do grow} in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, {which} is wonderful in counsel, {and} excellent in working.
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, {that he should do} wickedness; and {from} the Almighty, {that he should commit} iniquity. {men...: Heb. men of heart}
Thy righteousness {is} like the great mountains; thy judgments {are} a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. {the...: Heb. the mountains of God}
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise {men} of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, {there is} none like unto thee. {to...: or, it liketh thee}
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: