Job 37:23

[Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.

24Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.

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Cross References

Job 8:3Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Job 9:19If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?

Job 12:13With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

Job 26:14Lo, these are but the outskirts 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 know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.

Psalms 30:5For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy [cometh] 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 →

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