Job 37:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.
  • Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
  • Job 36:5 : 5 Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
  • Job 11:7 : 7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?
  • Job 12:13 : 13 With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.
  • Job 16:7-9 : 7 But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble. 8 It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face. 9 I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes; 10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me. 11 God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers. 12 I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows. 13 His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth. 14 I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war. 15 I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust. 16 My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark; 17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
  • Job 26:14 : 14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?
  • Job 9:19 : 19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
  • Ps 146:6-7 : 6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever: 7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;
  • Prov 30:3-4 : 3 I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
  • Isa 45:21 : 21 Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.
  • Lam 3:32-33 : 32 For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love. 33 For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
  • Ezek 18:23 : 23 Have I any pleasure in the death of the evil-doer? says the Lord: am I not pleased if he is turned from his way so that he may have life?
  • Ezek 18:32 : 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him on whom death comes, says the Lord: be turned back then, and have life.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.
  • Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
  • Job 36:26 : 26 Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.
  • Job 37:19 : 19 Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.
  • Ps 30:5 : 5 For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
  • Ps 36:5-7 : 5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds. 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast. 7 How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:
  • Ps 65:6 : 6 The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:
  • Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.
  • Ps 93:1 : 1 The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

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    7Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

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  • Job 37:22
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    22A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

  • Job 36:26
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    26Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

  • Job 34:23
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    23For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • Job 37:24
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    24For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

  • Job 34:12-13
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    12Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

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

  • Job 37:4-5
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    4After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

    5He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;

  • Job 9:3-4
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    3If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

    4He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

  • Job 26:14
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    14See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

  • Job 33:12-13
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    12Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

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

  • Job 32:13
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    13Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

  • Job 8:3
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    3Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

  • Job 34:10
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    10Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

  • Job 9:10-12
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    10Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

    11See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

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

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

    14Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

  • Job 24:22
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    22But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

  • Job 35:14-15
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    14How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

    15And now ... ;

  • Job 23:6-9
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    6Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

    8See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

    9I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

  • Job 36:5
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    5Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.

  • Job 24:1
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    1Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?

  • Job 9:19
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    19If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

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

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

  • Job 21:22
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    22Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

  • Job 9:32-33
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    32For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

    33There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.

  • Job 22:3-4
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    3Is 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?

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

  • Job 34:29
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  • Job 37:16
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    16Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

  • Job 4:17
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    17May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • Job 5:9
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    9Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

  • Job 27:11
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    11I 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.

  • Job 14:3
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    3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Job 12:13
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    13With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

  • Job 31:2
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    2For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

  • Job 11:10
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    10If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?