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Elihu Describes God’s Power

Job 36:22

In 11 translations

BSB
Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
KJV
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
WEB
Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
ASV
Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?
LSV
Behold, God sits on high by His power, || Who [is] like Him—a teacher?
YLT
Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who [is] like Him — a teacher?
DBY
Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?El
DRC
Behold, God is high in his strength, and none is like him among the lawgivers.
GNV
Beholde, God exalteth by his power: what teacher is like him?
JPS
Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?
LXXE
Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?

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Original-language editions

WLC
הֶן־אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּכֹח֑וֹ מִ֖י כָמֹ֣הוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ἰδοὺ ὁ ἰσχυρὸς κραταιώσει ἐν ἰσχύι αὐτοῦ· τίς γάρ ἐστι κατʼ αὐτὸν δυνάστης;

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  • 1 Samuel 2:7–8The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the…
  • Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
  • Romans 13:1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
  • Isaiah 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
  • Jeremiah 27:5–8By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please. So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar…
  • Daniel 5:18As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
  • Isaiah 14:5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
  • Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
  • Daniel 4:32You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of…
  • Jeremiah 31:38“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
  • Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
  • Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
  • Psalms 94:10He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
  • Daniel 4:25You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you…
  • Psalms 75:7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
  • John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—

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