Job 21:22

What does Job 21:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 21:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

To God doth <FI>one<Fi> teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Can any teachGod knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.

Context

v.21For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

v.22This passage

v.23One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 40:22

    It is he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;

  • Job 15:15

    Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

  • Job 34:17

    Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous and mighty?—

  • Psalms 113:5

    Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,

  • Jude 1:6

    And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:8

    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

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