Job 36:5 Cross References - ISV

⁵ God Disciplines“Indeed God is mighty and he doesn’t show disrespect; he is mighty and strong of heart.

¹⁴ So how am I to answer him, choosing what I am to say to him?

¹⁹ “Is this a contest of strength? He is obviously stronger! Is this a matter of justice? Who can sue him?

³ Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?

¹³ With God is wisdom and strength; counsel and understanding belongs to him. ¹⁴ When he tears down, nobody rebuilds; when he incarcerates, nobody escapes. ¹⁵ When he withholds water, rivers dry up; when he lets them loose, they’ll flood the land. ¹⁶ “With God are strength and sound wisdom; both the deceived and those who deceive are responsible to him.

¹² By his power he disturbs the sea; and with his skill he shatters the sea monster. ¹³ he clears the skies with his wind; his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent. ¹⁴ Indeed, these are the fringes of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we’ve heard of it! But who can comprehend the thunder of his might?”

¹³ No Abuse of Servants“If I’ve refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me,

²³ We cannot find the Almighty— he is majestic in power and justice, and overflowing with righteousness; he never oppresses.

²⁴ For he does not despise nor detest the afflicted person; he does not hide his face from him, but he hears him when he cries out to him.”

⁴ A mighty king who loves justice, you have established fairness. You have exercised justice and righteousness over Jacob.

⁶ Though the LORD is highly exalted, yet he pays attention to those who are lowly regarded, but he is aware of the arrogant from afar.

⁵ Our Lord is great, and rich in power; his understanding has no limitation.

¹² A Hymn of Praise to GodThe LORD is the one who made the world by his power, who established the earth by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

¹⁹ You are great in regards to your purposes and mighty in regards to your works. Your eyes are open to everything that people do, and will reward each one according to their ways and just as their actions deserve.

²⁴ but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah is God’s power and God’s wisdom. ²⁵ For God’s nonsense is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
²⁶ Brothers, think about your own calling. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. ²⁷ But God chose what is nonsense in the world to make the wise feel ashamed. God chose what is weak in the world to make the strong feel ashamed. ²⁸ And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something,