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seeing he judgeth those that are high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Can <i>anyone</i> teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Can anyone teach God knowledge, Seeing that He judges those on high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges the exalted ones?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone teach God knowledge, since He judges the exalted ones? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Who can tell God what to do? He judges powerful rulers. * <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Can anyone teach God knowledge? Can anyone judge the Most High?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Can anyone teach God, who judges even those in high places? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Can God learn anything? After all, he will judge even the exalted ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Does [one] teach knowledge to God, "" Since He judges [those] on high?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> To God doth one teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Shall he teach knowledge to God? and he will judge those lifted up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Can anyone teach holy knowledge to God, who judges the exalted?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those on high? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those that are on high?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing it is he who judges the proud?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Do you teach God knowledge? For he will judge the proud!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Shall any teach God knowledge? Seeing it is He that judgeth those that are high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge? and does not he judge murders?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/21-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3301" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/21.htm">Job: God will Punish the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3925.htm" title="3925: yə·lam·meḏ- (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to goad, i.e. to teach:(un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er,ing).">Can anyone teach</a> <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847: dā·‘aṯ (N-fs) -- Knowledge. From yada'; knowledge.">knowledge</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: hal·’êl (Art, Prep-l:: N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">to God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: wə·hū (Conj-w:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">since He</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: yiš·pō·wṭ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To judge, govern. ">judges</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: rā·mîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">those on high?</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm">Isaiah 40:13-14</a></span><br />Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? / 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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-34.htm">Romans 11:34</a></span><br />“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-16.htm">1 Corinthians 2:16</a></span><br />“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9-12</a></span><br />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’? / Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’” / Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Daniel 4:35</a></span><br />All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-5.htm">Psalm 92:5-6</a></span><br />How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! / A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-17.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:17</a></span><br />I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-20.htm">Romans 9:20-21</a></span><br />But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-25.htm">1 Corinthians 1:25</a></span><br />For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-6.htm">Psalm 139:6</a></span><br />Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-16.htm">Isaiah 29:16</a></span><br />You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-6.htm">Jeremiah 18:6</a></span><br />“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-4.htm">Job 9:4</a></span><br />God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/12-13.htm">Job 12:13</a></span><br />Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judges those that are high.</p><p class="hdg">teach</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/40-2.htm">Job 40:2</a></b></br> Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct <i>him</i>? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm">Isaiah 40:13,14</a></b></br> Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or <i>being</i> his counseller hath taught him? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a></b></br> Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! <i>Let</i> the potsherd <i>strive</i> with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?</p><p class="hdg">he judgeth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-17.htm">Job 34:17-19</a></b></br> Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/113-5.htm">Psalm 113:5,6</a></b></br> Who <i>is</i> like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:8</a></b></br> If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for <i>he that is</i> higher than the highest regardeth; and <i>there be</i> higher than they.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/13-19.htm">Able</a> <a href="/job/19-12.htm">High</a> <a href="/esther/1-14.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/job/19-29.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/job/12-17.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-7.htm">Judgeth</a> <a href="/job/12-8.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/job/12-7.htm">Teaching</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/22-13.htm">Able</a> <a href="/job/22-8.htm">High</a> <a href="/job/22-12.htm">Highest</a> <a href="/job/22-13.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/job/31-11.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/job/36-31.htm">Judgeth</a> <a href="/job/27-11.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/job/22-22.htm">Teaching</a><div class="vheading2">Job 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-1.htm">Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-7.htm">Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-16.htm">Sometimes their destruction is manifest</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-21.htm">The happy and unhappy are alike in death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-27.htm">The judgment of the wicked is in another world</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Can anyone teach knowledge to God</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the omniscience of God, a central tenet in Christian theology. The rhetorical question implies that God's wisdom and understanding are beyond human comprehension. This is consistent with other biblical passages such as <a href="/isaiah/40-13.htm">Isaiah 40:13-14</a>, which speak of God's unparalleled wisdom. The idea that no one can instruct God underscores His sovereignty and the futility of human pride. In the context of Job, this statement challenges the assumptions of Job's friends, who presume to understand God's ways and judgments.<p><b>since He judges those on high?</b><br>This part of the verse highlights God's authority over all, including celestial beings or those in positions of power. The phrase "those on high" can refer to angels or heavenly beings, as well as earthly rulers, indicating that God's jurisdiction is universal. This aligns with passages like <a href="/psalms/82.htm">Psalm 82:1</a>, where God presides over a divine council, and <a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Daniel 4:35</a>, which speaks of God's dominion over all the earth. The assertion that God judges even the highest beings reinforces His ultimate authority and justice, a theme that runs throughout the book of Job. It also foreshadows the New Testament revelation of Christ as the judge of all, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/5-22.htm">John 5:22</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man of great faith and patience, Job is the central figure in the Book of Job. He is known for his suffering and his quest to understand the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The omniscient and omnipotent Creator, who is the ultimate judge and source of wisdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who attempt to explain Job's suffering through traditional wisdom, often attributing it to sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavenly_court.htm">Heavenly Court</a></b><br>The setting where God judges, often depicted as a place where divine decisions are made.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_job.htm">The Book of Job</a></b><br>A poetic and philosophical text in the Old Testament that explores themes of suffering, justice, and divine wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a></b><br>Recognize that God's knowledge is complete and perfect. Human understanding is limited, and we must trust in His divine wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Approach God with humility, acknowledging that we cannot teach or correct Him. Our role is to seek His guidance and wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_divine_judgment.htm">Trust in Divine Judgment</a></b><br>Trust that God's judgments are just and righteous, even when they are beyond our comprehension. He sees the bigger picture that we cannot.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_limits_of_human_wisdom.htm">The Limits of Human Wisdom</a></b><br>Understand that human wisdom has its limits. We should seek God's wisdom through prayer and scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_times_of_suffering.htm">Faith in Times of Suffering</a></b><br>In times of suffering, like Job, maintain faith in God's ultimate plan and purpose, even when it is not immediately clear.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_humans_teach_an_all-knowing_god.htm">In Job 21:22, how can humans teach God anything if He is described elsewhere as all-knowing and beyond counsel? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_free_will_exist_if_god_is_omniscient.htm">If God is all-knowing, how does human free will exist?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/meaning_of_philippians_4_19.htm">Why does Jesus deny some who call him 'Lord'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_divine_oversight.htm">Job 34:21 - The passage implies God sees all human actions; is there historical or scientific evidence for universal divine oversight?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Shall any teach God knowledge? </span>may be regarded as the hypothetical reply of the antagonist. If the reader prefers to understand these latter verses in any other way, it is open to him to do so, but in our judgment it seems better to understand them thus. The supposed alternative hypothetical argument seems to throw much light upon them.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Shall any teach God knowledge?</span> Job has been searching the "deep things of God," speculating upon the method of the Divine government of the world, he has perhaps rashly ventured to "rush in where angels fear to tread." Now, however, he cheeks himself with the confession that God's ways are inscrutable, his knowledge far beyond any knowledge possessed by man. Men must not presume to judge him; it is for him to judge them. <span class="cmt_word">Seeing he judgeth those that are high</span>. None so exalted, none so advanced in wisdom and knowledge, none so venturesome in sounding depths that they cannot fathom, but God is above them, judges them, knows their hearts, and, according to his infallible wisdom, condemns or approves them. This is a chastening thought, and its effect on Job is to make him contract his sails, and, leaving the empyrean, content himself with s lower flight. Previously he has maintained, as if he were admitted to the Divine counsels, that the prosperity of the wicked was a rule of God's government. Now he goes no further than to say that there is no rule discoverable. Happiness and misery are dispensed - as far as man can see - on no definite principle, and, at the end, one lot happens to all: all go down into the tomb, and lie in the dust, and the worms devour them (vers. 23-26). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/21-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Can anyone teach</span><br /><span class="heb">יְלַמֶּד־</span> <span class="translit">(yə·lam·meḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3925.htm">Strong's 3925: </a> </span><span class="str2">To exercise in, learn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">knowledge</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּ֑עַת</span> <span class="translit">(dā·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1847.htm">Strong's 1847: </a> </span><span class="str2">Knowledge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to God,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלְאֵ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(hal·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">since He</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝ה֗וּא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">judges</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·pō·wṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those on high?</span><br /><span class="heb">רָמִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(rā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/21-22.htm">Job 21:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/21-22.htm">OT Poetry: Job 21:22 Shall any teach God knowledge seeing he (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/21-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 21:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 21:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/21-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 21:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 21:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>