Job 21:22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?”

Job 21:22

Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Shall any teache God knowledge, who iudgeth the highest things?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“teach”

Romans 11:34 1 Corinthians 2:16 Job 40:2 Isaiah 45:9 Isaiah 40:13 Isaiah 40:14

Romans 11:34 · BSB

“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

1 Corinthians 2:16 · BSB

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Job 40:2 · BSB

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

Isaiah 45:9 · BSB

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Isaiah 40:13 · BSB

Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

Isaiah 40:14 · BSB

Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

“he judgeth”

Job 34:17–19 Ecclesiastes 5:8 1 Corinthians 6:3 2 Peter 2:4 Jude 1:6 Revelation 20:1–3

Job 34:17–19 · BSB

Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

Ecclesiastes 5:8 · BSB

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

1 Corinthians 6:3 · BSB

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

2 Peter 2:4 · BSB

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

Jude 1:6 · BSB

And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

Revelation 20:1–3 · BSB

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

Also

Job 15:15 Job 36:22 Psalm 82:1 Job 4:18 Job 35:11

Job 15:15 · BSB

If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

Job 36:22 · BSB

Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?

Psalm 82:1 · BSB

God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

Job 4:18 · BSB

If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

Job 35:11 · BSB

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

Read Job 21