For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
Parallel translations
- WEB For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.
- KJV For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
- NKJV For He instructs him in right judgment, His God teaches him.
- NASB For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
- NLT The farmer knows just what to do, for God has given him understanding.
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Quick answer
The farmer's skill comes from God, who instructs and teaches him in right judgment.
Overview
Even ordinary agricultural wisdom is credited to God's instruction. If God teaches the farmer his craft, how much more does He act with perfect wisdom toward His people. This affirms that all true wisdom originates in the Lord, who governs all things well.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Exod 31:3–6And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
- Exod 36:2Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.
- Ps 144:1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
- Jas 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Exod 28:3You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
- Job 39:17For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
- Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
- Dan 1:17To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
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