Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those that are on high?
Job 36:23 - Revised Standard Version Who has prescribed for him his way, or who can say, ‘Thou hast done wrong’? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who has appointed God His way? Or who can say, You have done unrighteousness? American Standard Version (1901) Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness? Common English Bible Who has repaid him for his action, and who would ever say, “You’ve done wrong”? Catholic Public Domain Version Who is able to investigate his ways? And who can say, "You have done iniquity," to him? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who can search out his ways? Or who can say to him: Thou has wrought iniquity? |
Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those that are on high?
“Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding, far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?”
But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
But if our wickedness serves to show the justice of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means!
“For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will,
“The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.