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Job 37:23
Job 37:23 is verse 23 of Job chapter 37, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
King James Version
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
World English Bible
We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
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Job 37:21–24 · Berean Standard Bible
21 Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
22 Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
23 The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
24 Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
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Cross-references
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Job 37:19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
Job 11:7Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Job 36:26Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
Proverbs 30:3I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.
Proverbs 30:4Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!
Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
1 Timothy 6:16He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him ?
Job 12:13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
Job 36:5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
Psalms 65:6You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
Psalms 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms 146:6the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Psalms 146:7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
Isaiah 45:21Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
Psalms 36:5Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
Psalms 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
Job 16:7Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
Job 16:8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
Job 16:9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
Job 16:11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
Job 16:13His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
Job 16:14He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
Job 16:15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Job 16:16My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
Job 16:17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Lamentations 3:32Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
Lamentations 3:33For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.