King James Version
Job 21:22 in the King James Version says “Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.” — study this verse from Job chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.”
Job 21:22 · KJV
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. his: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. breasts: or, milk pails
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“God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“Shall any teach”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“those that are high”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“seeing he judgeth”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
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