“Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung.
- KJV Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
- BSB Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
- NASB ¶“Remember that you are to exalt His work, Of which people have sung.
- NLT Instead, glorify his mighty works, singing songs of praise.
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Quick answer
Elihu urges Job to remember to magnify God's work, which people have praised in song. God's deeds call forth worship.
Overview
Elihu calls Job to join the chorus of those who exalt God's works rather than question them. Throughout Scripture, God's mighty acts in creation and providence move His people to sing His praise (Ps. 92:4-5). The verse redirects the sufferer from complaint to worship, a posture the gospel deepens as we magnify the greatest of all God's works, redemption in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
- Luke 1:46Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
- Ps 111:2–4Yahweh’s works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them.
- Ps 72:18Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Ps 145:10–12All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you.
- Ps 104:24Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
- Ps 138:5Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great is Yahweh’s glory.
- Ps 86:8–10There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
- Ps 59:16But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
- Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Ps 92:4–5For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.
- Ps 107:8Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Ps 111:8They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.
- Ps 28:5Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
- Job 12:13–25“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
- Job 26:5–14“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
- Dan 4:3How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
- Ps 19:1–4For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
- Jer 10:12He has made the earth by his power. he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
- Ps 107:15Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Ps 34:3Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
- Deut 4:19and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
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