Job 36:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?”
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BSBPD
“Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, `Thou hast done iniquity?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 36:23 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 21:22Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
- Job 34:10Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
- Job 34:12Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
- Job 34:13Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?
- Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
- Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
- Isaiah 40:14Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
- Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
- Romans 9:14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
- Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
- 1 Corinthians 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
- Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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