Job 36:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.a ”

Job 36:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, God is Mighty - This is the first consideration which Elihu urges, and the purpose seems to be to affirm that God is so great that he has no occasion to modify his treatment of any class...
Job 36:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] (c) mighty in strength [and] wisdom. (c) Strong and constant, and of understanding: for these are the gifts of God, and he loves them in man:...
Job 36:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

God is mighty, yet despises none. He destroys the wicked, but watches over the righteous, exalting them to honour. If He afflicts them it is to bring home to them their sin. Thus God instructs them a...
Job 36:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterism . s . App-6. GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. is mighty. This is the text of Elihu's discourses, leading up to God's own addresses to Job. Compare Job 36:26 , and...
Job 36:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. God is mighty and despiseth not any - He reproaches no man for his want of knowledge. If any man lack wisdom,...
Job 36:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Despiseth not any— Will not yield to any. Heath.
Job 36:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. Strength and wisdom - rather, strength of understanding (heart): the force of the repetition of "mighty" is,...
Job 36:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-15. Elihu maintains the wisdom and impartial justice of the rule of God. His purpose is to discipline and improve men, even by their afflictions.
Job 36:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 ; Job 37:1-24 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribed to Job, "It profiteth a man nothing that he shou...
Job 36:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

He Despiseth not Any Job 36:1-33 God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever...
Job 36:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After answering the arguments of Job, as expressed in the quotations, there would seem to have been a pause. Then Elihu commenced his last address. He first appealed to Job to hear him, as he was ab...
Job 36:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. (5) В¶ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. (6) He preserveth no...
Job 36:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, God [is] mighty ,.... This is a clear plain truth, easy to be discerned, and worthy of notice, and therefore introduced with a "behold"; that God is mighty, the most mighty, the Almighty, as...
Job 36:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom. Ver. 5. Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any ] Much less oppresseth he any one in a good cause, or...
Job 36:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God is mighty, and despiseth not any His greatness doth not cause him (as the greatness of men causeth them) to despise or oppress such as are mean. He is mighty in strength and wisdom His streng...
Job 36:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SPEAKING ON GOD'S BEHALF (vv.1-4) Elihu continues in the same strain, for as he says, there is much more to be said on God's behalf. Where did Elihu find his knowledge? He fetched it "from afar"...
Job 36:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. 7 He withdraweth not h...
Job 36:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

His greatness doth not make him (as it doth men) to scorn, or despise, or oppress the meanest. Though he may do what he pleaseth, and none can hinder him, yet he will not use it to do any man wrong,...
Job 36:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH No reply being made to Elihu’s preceding address, he resumes. Job 36:1 .—“Elihu also proceded and said”. His object to bring Job to a more becoming state of mind in refere...
Job 36:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:3 . I will fetch my knowledge from afar; from the expanse of heaven, and from the remotest traditions of the sires. Natural theology is very instructive to man, to acquaint us with the perf...
Job 36:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, God is mighty and despiseth not any. The law of reverence Contempt, whether of men or of things, is a feeling that is alien to God. With Him there is no littleness; He neither spurns, n...
Job 36:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 36:1-18 The two chapters, Job 36:1-18 ; Job 37:1-18 , form a single discourse, and ought not to have been separated; or, at any rate, not so unskilfully as they are, in the...
Job 36:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Benevolent Purposes of Divine Justice
Job 36:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:24-28 ; Jeremiah 10:12 ; Jeremiah 32:19 ; Job 10:3 ; Job 12:13-16 ; Job 26:12-14 ; Job 31:13 ; Job 37:23 ; Job 9:14 ; Job 9:19 ; Psalms 138:6 ; Psalms 147:5 ; Psalms 22:2...
Job 36:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

High Altitudes in Elihu's Answer to Job Job 32:1-22 , Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 ; Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to that part of the Book of Job which present...
Job 36:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Despiseth — His greatness doth not make him (as it doth men) despise, or oppress the meanest. Wisdom — His strength is guided by wisdom, and therefore cannot do any thing unbecoming God, or unjust...

Job 36:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 36:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 36:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 36:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 36:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 36:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 36:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 36:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 36:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 36:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 36:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 36:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 36:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 36:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 36:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 36:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 36:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 36:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 36:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 36:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 36:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 36:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes