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22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

Job 21:22

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

  • For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

  • Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? …

  • Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

  • And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-26)

Job had largely described the prosperity of wicked people; now, in these verses, I. He opposes this to what his friends had maintained concerning their certain ruin in this life. “Tell me how often do you see the candle of the wicked put out ? Do you not as often see it burnt down to the socket, until it goes out of itself? Job 21:17. How often do you see their destruction come upon them , or God…

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