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Job 36:5 KJV
Job · chapter 36 · verse 5
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.Job 36:5 · King James Version
Job 36:5 in context
3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- despisethmâʼaçto spurnH3988 →
- strengthkôachvigor, literally or figurativelyH3581 →
- mightykabbîyrvast, whether in extent (figuratively, of power, mightyH3524 →
- GodʼêlstrengthH410 →
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Elihu, being to speak on God's behalf, and particularly to ascribe righteousness to his Maker, here shows that the disposals of divine Providence are all, not only according to the eternal counsels of his will, but according to the eternal rules of equity. God acts as a righteous governor, for, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-14