Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
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Gill's Exposition
Who hath enjoined him his way?.... He teaches men his own ways, the methods of his grace and mercy towards them; and he prescribes to them the ways in which they should walk; but none can lead or…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
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…
Elihu here comes more closely to Job; and,
I. He tells him what God would have done for him before this if he had been duly humbled under his affliction. "We all know how ready God is to deliver the…
Cambridge Bible
The verse expresses the idea that God is supreme; none enjoins or appoints Him His way; He is "God over all;" and hence none can pass judgment upon His doings.
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