Elihu Describes God’s Power
Job 36:5
In 11 translations
- 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.wisdom: Heb. heart
- 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.
- LSV
- Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, || Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
- YLT
- Lo, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
- DBY
- Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:El
- DRC
- God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.
- GNV
- Behold, the mighty God casteth away none that is mighty and valiant of courage.
- JPS
- Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- LXXE
- But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הֶן־אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃
- LXX-Br
- Γίνωσκε δὲ, ὅτι ὁ Κύριος οὐ μὴ ἀποποιήσηται τὸν ἄκακον, δυνατὸς ἰσχύϊ καρδίας
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 22:24For 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.
- Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Job 37:23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
- Psalms 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
- Jeremiah 32:19the 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.
- Job 9:14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
- Job 26:12–14By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the…
- Job 12:13–16Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His. What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released. If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them,…
- Job 31:13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
- Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
- Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24–28but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.…
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