Job 36:23
Job 36:23 Meaning and Explanation
“Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?”
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Read Full Chapter →No one has dictated God's way to Him, and no one can rightly charge Him with wrongdoing.
What Does Job 36:23 Mean?
Elihu asks two questions that silence every critic. No one has assigned God His course or appointed His duties, and no one stands in a place to accuse Him of injustice. His ways are His own, and they are righteous.
The verse guards the truth that God is never in the wrong, even when His purposes lie beyond our sight. Job's deepest comfort, and ours, is not in explaining God but in trusting His goodness, a trust vindicated when the righteousness of God is revealed in Christ.
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What does Job 36:23 mean?
No one has dictated God's way to Him, and no one can rightly charge Him with wrongdoing.