Job 21:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

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  • Rom 11:34 : 34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?
  • 1 Cor 2:16 : 16 For who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord, so as to be his teacher? But we have the mind of Christ.
  • Isa 40:13-14 : 13 By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher? 14 Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him in the way of wisdom?
  • Isa 40:22-23 : 22 It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place. 23 He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?
  • 1 Cor 6:3 : 3 Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
  • Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.
  • Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years, 3 And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.
  • Rev 20:12-15 : 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man by his works. 14 And death and Hell were put into the sea of fire. This is the second death, even the sea of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.
  • Job 4:18 : 18 Truly, he puts no faith in his servants, and he sees error in his angels;
  • Job 15:15 : 15 Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;
  • Job 34:17-19 : 17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? 18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; 19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
  • Job 35:11 : 11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
  • Job 36:22 : 22 Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
  • Ps 82:1 : 1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.
  • Ps 113:5-6 : 5 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, 6 Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

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  • Job 36:22-23
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    22 Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?

    23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

  • 11 And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • 21 For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?

  • 2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Job 22:12-13
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    12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

    13 And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

  • 31 Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

  • Job 11:7-8
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    7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

    8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

  • 10 He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?

  • Job 22:3-4
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    3 Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

    4 Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

  • 11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

  • 17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • 3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • 21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • 2 Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?

  • 13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

  • Isa 40:13-14
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    13 By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?

    14 Who gave him suggestions, and made clear to him the right way? who gave him knowledge, guiding him in the way of wisdom?

  • 11 I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

  • 2 For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

  • 23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • 21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

  • 23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

  • 26 For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.

  • 3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.

  • 13 Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

  • 10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

  • 23 One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:

  • Job 21:14-15
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    14 Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

    15 What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

  • 34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?

  • 4 Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,

  • 22 But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

  • 9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • 13 Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

  • 1 Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?

  • 17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

  • 12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

  • 17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • 3 How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

  • 16 Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

  • 3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

  • 32 ...

  • 7 No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

  • 3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?