Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher 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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- 1 Sam 2:7–8The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
- Luke 1:52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
- Rom 13:1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
- Isa 48:17Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
- Jer 27:5–8I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
- Isa 14:5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
- Ps 75:7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Dan 5:18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
- Isa 54:13And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
- Jer 31:38Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
- Job 35:11Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
- Dan 4:25That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Ps 94:12Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
- Ps 94:10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
- Dan 4:32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- John 6:45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
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