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Job 21:22

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

KJV

Numquid Deus docebit quispiam scientiam, qui excelsos judicat ?

Vulgate

πότερον οὐχὶ ὁ κύριός ἐστιν ὁ διδάσκων σύνεσιν καὶ ἐπιστήμην; αὐτὸς δὲ φόνους διακρινεῖ.

LXX

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

ASV

הַ/לְ/אֵ֥ל יְלַמֶּד דָּ֑עַת וְ֝/ה֗וּא רָמִ֥ים יִשְׁפּֽוֹט

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
דָֽעַת
d't
verb · 93×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
נִי
ny
verb · 87×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 2:16 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
  • Isa 40:13 — Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
  • Isa 40:13 — Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
  • Isa 40:14 — With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
  • Rom 11:34 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?