The Meaning of Job 36:22 Explained

Job 36:22

KJV: Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

YLT: Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who is like Him -- a teacher?

Darby: Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?

ASV: Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Behold, God  exalteth  by his power:  who teacheth  like him? 

What does Job 36:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 36:1-33 - He Despiseth Not Any
God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for good, and He will set thee before His throne forever. He will stoop to thy low dungeon, whispering instruction to thine ear and commanding thee to return. There are broad places before thee in which there shall be no straitness; tables await thee full of fatness. Thy path leads from thy present prison-house into liberty and light.
Remember the unsearchable numbers of His years. Behold the wonderful machinery by which He collects from ocean, lake, and stream the clouds which, like floating cisterns, carry the waters to be bleached in the snow of the hills, and oxidized in the torrent beds! There is more love than terror in creation. Nature's myriad voices proclaim with Scripture, "God is love." He cannot, therefore, be indifferent to the righteous man or neglect him. He may discipline him to make him hate sin; but, when this end is attained, He will assuredly withdraw His rod, Job 36:10-11. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 36

1  Elihu shows how God is just in his ways
16  How Job's sins hinder God's blessings
24  God's works are to be magnified

What do the individual words in Job 36:22 mean?

Behold God is exalted in His power who like Him teaches
הֶן־ אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּכֹח֑וֹ מִ֖י כָמֹ֣הוּ ؟ מוֹרֶֽה

הֶן־  Behold 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הֵן  
Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
אֵ֭ל  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
יַשְׂגִּ֣יב  is  exalted 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂגַב  
Sense: to be high, be inaccessibly high.
בְּכֹח֑וֹ  in  His  power 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כֹּחַ 
Sense: strength, power, might.
כָמֹ֣הוּ  like  Him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: כְּמֹו  
Sense: like, as, the like of which conj.
؟ מוֹרֶֽה  teaches 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄורֶה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast, pour.