The Meaning of Job 36:5 Explained

Job 36:5

KJV: Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

YLT: Lo, God is mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty in power and heart.

Darby: Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not any; mighty in strength of understanding:

ASV: Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Behold, God  [is] mighty,  and despiseth  not [any: he is] mighty  in strength  [and] wisdom. 

What does Job 36:5 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 36:5 mean?

Behold God [is] mighty but [no despises [one] [He is] mighty in strength of understanding
הֶן־ אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב

הֶן־  Behold 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הֵן  
Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
אֵ֣ל  God  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
כַּ֭בִּיר  mighty 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: כַּבִּיר  
Sense: mighty, great, powerful, many, much.
וְלֹ֣א  but  [no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִמְאָ֑ס  despises  [one] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָאַס 
Sense: to reject, despise, refuse.
כַּ֝בִּ֗יר  [He  is]  mighty 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: כַּבִּיר  
Sense: mighty, great, powerful, many, much.
כֹּ֣חַֽ  in  strength 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּחַ 
Sense: strength, power, might.
לֵֽב  of  understanding 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.