Job 37:23
Almighty God is very powerful, and we cannot come near to him. He always acts righteously, and he will never oppress us.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
22God comes out of the north with a light that shines like gold; his glory causes us to be afraid.
Cross References
Job 8:3Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.
Job 9:19If I would try to ◄wrestle with/fight against► him, there is no way that I could defeat him, because he is stronger than I am. If I would request him to appear in court, there is no one who could [RHQ] force him to go there.
Job 12:13but God is wise and very powerful; he has good sense and understands everything.
Job 26:14But those events show only a small amount of his power; it is as though we are hearing only whispers of his powerful voice. When we hear thunder, we say, ‘◄Who can really understand how great his power is/No one can really understand how great his power is!► [RHQ]’”
Job 36:26“Hey, God is very great, and we are not able to know how great he is, and we do not know how old he is.
Psalms 30:5When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time [HYP], but he is good to us all of our life. We may cry during the night, but the next morning we will be joyful.
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 →