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Job 21:22

Job 21:22
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

One dieth in his full strength,.... Man is born a weak feeble creature, and it is by degrees, and through various stages of infancy, childhood, and youth, that he arrives to his full strength in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Shall any teach God knowledge? - This commences the reply of Job to the sentiments of his friends to which he had just adverted. The substance of the reply is, that no one could prescribe to God how…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 21:17-26

Job had largely described the prosperity of wicked people; now, in these verses,

I. He opposes this to what his friends had maintained concerning their certain ruin in this life. "Tell me how often do…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 21:22-26

By insisting on a doctrine of providence which did not correspond to God's providence as actually seen in facts, Job's friends were making themselves wiser than God and becoming His teachers Will any…