Job 36:23
Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
In Context
22Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?
24See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.
Cross References
Job 8:3Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?
Job 34:10Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
Job 34:13Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?
Isaiah 40:13By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?
Romans 2:5But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
Romans 9:14What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.
Matthew Henry on Job 36:16-24
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all… Read the whole commentary →