Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
Parallel translations
- KJV Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
- BSB Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
- NKJV “Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him?
- NASB “Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a teacher like Him?
- NLT “Look, God is all-powerful. Who is a teacher like him?
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Quick answer
God is exalted in His power, and no teacher is like Him. His might and wisdom surpass all others.
Overview
Elihu lifts his eyes again to God's supreme power and unrivaled role as teacher. None can instruct or correct as God does, for His wisdom is matchless (Isa. 40:13-14). This exaltation of God as the incomparable teacher prepares for the LORD's own instruction in the whirlwind and points to Christ, the great Teacher who reveals the Father (Matt. 11:27).
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Cross-references · 16
- 1 Sam 2:7–8Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
- Luke 1:52He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.
- Rom 13:1Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
- Isa 48:17Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
- Jer 27:5–8‘I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
- Isa 14:5Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
- Ps 75:7But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
- Dan 5:18You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
- Isa 54:13All your children will be taught by Yahweh; and your children’s peace will be great.
- Jer 31:38“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
- Job 35:11who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
- Dan 4:25that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
- Ps 94:12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law;
- Ps 94:10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
- Dan 4:32You shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.”
- John 6:45It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
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