Job 37:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Job 37:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 11:33
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!
1 Timothy 6:16
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.
Psalms 99:4
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Job 36:5
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
Job 9:4
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Devotion God Guidance Ignorance Lord Majesty

Commentary

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

(vv. 21-24)

Elihu here concludes his discourse with some short but great sayings concerning the glory of God, as that which he was himself impressed, and desired to impress others, with a holy awe of. He speaks concisely, and in haste, because, it should seem, he perceived that God was about to take the work into his own hands. 1. He observes that God who has said that he will dwell in the thick darkness and…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

23. afflict--oppressively, so as to “pervert judgment” as Job implied (see on Job 8:3); but see on Job 37:21, end of note. The reading, “He answereth not,” that is, gives no account of His dealings, is like a transcriber’s correction, from Job 33:13, Margin.