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Selected Verse: Job 36:23 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 36:23 |
King James |
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Job dared to prescribe to God what He should do (Job 34:10, Job 34:13). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Who hath enjoined him his way? - Who hath prescribed to him what he ought to do? Who is superior to him, and has marked out for him the plan which he ought to pursue? The idea is, that God is supreme and independent; no one has advised him, and no one has a right to counsel him. Perhaps, also, Elihu designs this as a reproof to Job for having complained so much of the government of God, and for being disposed, as he thought, to "prescribe" to God what he should do.
Who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? - Thou hast done wrong. The object of Elihu is here to show that no one has a right to say this; no one could, in fact, say it. It was to be regarded as an indisputable point that God is always right, and that however dark his dealings with people may seem, the "reason" why they are mysterious "never is, that God is wrong." |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Who hath enjoined him his way - Has God taken instructions from any man how he shall govern the world?
Thou hast wrought iniquity? - Who can prove, in the whole compass of the creation, that there is one thing imperfect, superabundant, or out of its place? Who can show that there is, in the course of the Divine providence, one unrighteous, cruel, or unwise act? All the cunning and wickedness of man have never been able to find out the smallest flaw in the work of God. |
13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.