Bible Strands
Job 36:22
Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses those who have preferred iniquity to affliction, declaring that God stands above human judgment and cannot be instructed by anyone.
The words — The Hebrew יַשְׂגִּיב (yas.giv) literally means "he is exalted," paired with כֹּחַ (koach), meaning "power." This phrasing establishes divine sovereignty without human comparison.
The thread — The theme of God's unilateral power to exalt and humble appears in 1 Samuel 2:7 and Luke 1:52, while His absolute authority over human governance is noted in Romans 13:1.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that no human authority can instruct or correct the Creator, requiring submission to His unchallengeable sovereignty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Luke 1:52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
- Romans 13:1 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
- Isaiah 48:17 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Jeremiah 27:5 By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Job 35:11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
- Psalms 75:7 but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
- Psalms 94:10 He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
- Psalms 94:12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- Isaiah 14:5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.