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Job 37:23b

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37:23As for the Almighty,30 we cannot attain to him!

He is great in power,

but justice31 and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

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Footnotes

  1. 30 The name “Almighty” is here a casus pendens, isolating the name at the front of the sentence and resuming it with a pronoun.
  2. 31 The places the major disjunctive accent (the atnach) under “power,” indicating that “and justice” as a disjunctive clause starting the second half of the verse (with ESV, , , ). Ignoring the Masoretic accent, has “he is great in power and justice.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Almighty—we cannot find him;

he is great in power;

justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;

in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Almighty—we cannot reach him—

he is exalted in power!

He will not violate justice and abundant righteousness,

NLTNew Living Translation

We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty;

but even though he is just and righteous,

he does not destroy us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

As for Shaddai, we cannot attain him;

he is exalted in power,

and he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.

KJV 1900King James Version

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power,

And in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.