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Job 37

Job 37:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Touching the Almighty
Shadday (Hebrew #7706)
the Almighty
KJV usage: Almighty.
Pronounce: shad-dah'-ee
Origin: from 7703
, wed cannot find him out
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
: he is excellent
saggiy' (Hebrew #7689)
(superlatively) mighty
KJV usage: excellent, great.
Pronounce: sag-ghee'
Origin: from 7679
ine power
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
, and in judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
f, and in plenty
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
of justice
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
g: he will not afflict
`anah (Hebrew #6031)
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
KJV usage: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), speak (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), submit self, weaken, X in any wise.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (possibly rather ident. with 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI} through the idea of looking down or browbeating)
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Job 37:19• 19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. (Job 37:19)
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Job 11:7• 7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? (Job 11:7)
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Job 26:14• 14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? (Job 26:14)
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Job 36:26• 26Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. (Job 36:26)
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Prov. 30:3‑4• 3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
(Prov. 30:3‑4)
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Eccl. 3:11• 11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. (Eccl. 3:11)
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Luke 10:22• 22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. (Luke 10:22)
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Rom. 11:33• 33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! (Rom. 11:33)
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1 Tim. 6:16• 16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)
excellent.
Job 9:4,19• 4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
(Job 9:4,19)
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Job 12:13• 13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. (Job 12:13)
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Job 36:5• 5Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. (Job 36:5)
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Psa. 62:11• 11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. (Psa. 62:11)
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Psa. 65:6• 6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: (Psa. 65:6)
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Psa. 66:3• 3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. (Psa. 66:3)
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Psa. 93:1• 1The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Psa. 99:4• 4The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. (Psa. 99:4)
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Psa. 146:6‑7• 6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
(Psa. 146:6‑7)
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Isa. 45:21• 21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. (Isa. 45:21)
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Matt. 6:13• 13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matt. 6:13)
in judgment.
he will.
Job 16:7‑17• 7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
(Job 16:7‑17)
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Psa. 30:5• 5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. (Psa. 30:5)
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Lam. 3:32‑33• 32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
(Lam. 3:32‑33)
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Heb. 12:10• 10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. (Heb. 12:10)
 It is the Almighty, we cannot fathom His greatness, but we know His uprightness is as great as His power. (Job 32-37 by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgmentg, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflicth.

JND Translation Notes

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Elsewhere "right."
h
Or "answer."