Job 21:22
“Since God judges everyone, even those that are in heaven, ◄who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.► [RHQ]
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
In Context
Cross References
Job 15:15Hey, God does not even trust his angels; he does not consider even them to be completely pure.
Job 35:11He should be able to teach us more than all the wild animals do; he should enable us to become wiser than all the birds are!’
Job 36:23No one has [RHQ] told him what he should do, and no one has [RHQ] said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong!’
Job 40:2“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, ◄you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?► [RHQ]”
Psalms 113:5There is no one [RHQ] who is like Yahweh, our God, who lives/sits/rules in the highest heaven,
Isaiah 40:13And ◄who else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit?/No one else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit!► [RHQ] ◄Who can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do?/No one can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do!► [RHQ]
Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →