Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 36:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength and wisdom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding. Common English Bible Look, God is mighty and doesn’t reject anyone; he is mighty in strength and mind. Catholic Public Domain Version God does not abandon the powerful, for he himself is also powerful. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty. |
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, When they contended with me:
Touching the Almighty, we can not find him out; he is excellent in power: And in judgement and plenteous justice he will not afflict.
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?
If we speak of the strength of the mighty, lo, he is there! And if of judgement, who will appoint me a time?
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: But the haughty he knoweth from afar.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.
The king's strength also loveth judgement; Thou dost establish equity, Thou executest judgement and righteousness in Jacob.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
great in counsel, and mighty in work: whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men; to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: