Job 37:23
[O] the Almighty, we cannot find him out. He is excellent in power. And in justice and abundant righteousness he will not afflict.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22Out of the north comes golden splendor. God has upon him awesome majesty.
24Men therefore fear him. He does not regard any who are wise of heart.
Cross References
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Job 9:19If of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, who will summon me?
Job 12:13With [God] is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
Job 26:14Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 36:26Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
Psalms 30:5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy [is] in the morning.
Matthew Henry on Job 37:22-24
21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty. 23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart. Elihu here concludes his discourse with some short but great sayings concerning the glory of God, as that which he was himself… Read the whole commentary →