Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore, people revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?” New Living Translation No wonder people everywhere fear him. All who are wise show him reverence.” English Standard Version Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit.” Berean Standard Bible Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.” King James Bible Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart. New King James Version Therefore men fear Him; He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart.” New American Standard Bible “Therefore people fear Him; He does not regard any who are wise of heart.” NASB 1995 “Therefore men fear Him; He does not regard any who are wise of heart.” NASB 1977 “Therefore men fear Him; He does not regard any who are wise of heart.” Legacy Standard Bible Therefore men fear Him; He does not regard any who are wise of heart.” Amplified Bible “Men therefore fear Him; He does not regard nor respect any who are wise in heart [in their own understanding and conceit].” Christian Standard Bible therefore, men fear him. He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, men fear Him. He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart. American Standard Version Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because of this, the people will fear and all the wise of heart will be shaken by him Brenton Septuagint Translation Wherefore men shall fear him; and the wise also in heart shall fear him. Contemporary English Version And so we humans fear God, because he shows no respect for those who are proud and think they know so much. Douay-Rheims Bible Therefore men shall fear him, and all that seem to themselves to be wise, shall not dare to behold him. English Revised Version Men do therefore fear him: he regardeth not any that are wise of heart. GOD'S WORD® Translation That is why people should fear him. He does not respect those who think they're wise." Good News Translation No wonder, then, that everyone is awed by him, and that he ignores those who claim to be wise. International Standard Version Therefore humanity fears him, which none of the wise can quite comprehend." JPS Tanakh 1917 Men do therefore fear Him; He regardeth not any that are wise of heart. Literal Standard Version Therefore men fear Him, | He does not see any of the wise of heart.” Majority Standard Bible Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.” New American Bible Therefore people fear him; none can see him, however wise their hearts. NET Bible Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart." New Revised Standard Version Therefore mortals fear him; he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit.” New Heart English Bible Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart." Webster's Bible Translation Men therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart. World English Bible Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.” Young's Literal Translation Therefore do men fear Him, He seeth not any of the wise of heart. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty…23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress. 24Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.” Cross References Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus declared, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 1 Corinthians 1:26 Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. Job 5:13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning. Psalm 40:4 Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood. Treasury of Scripture Men do therefore fear him: he respects not any that are wise of heart. fear Psalm 130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: Jeremiah 33:9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. he Job 5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Isaiah 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Jump to Previous Cause Conceit Fear Heart Regard Regardeth Respect Respecteth Revere WiseJump to Next Cause Conceit Fear Heart Regard Regardeth Respect Respecteth Revere WiseJob 37 1. God is to be feared because of his great works15. His wisdom is unsearchable in them (24) Men do therefore fear him.--Or, "Therefore men may fear Him; but as for the wise in heart, no one even of them shall see Him." This may be, and probably is, the meaning, though the literal rendering is that of the Authorised Version, which, however, involves a somewhat doubtful sentiment in itself, for God, we may believe, does regard or respect those who are truly wise. In the original there is a very manifest play on the words, which it is impossible to preserve, between y?re'u and yireh--men shall fear, but none shall see. Verse 24. - Men do therefore fear him; or, let men therefore fear him. Let them see in his unsearchableness, his almighty power, his absolute moral perfection, and his superiority to all human questioning, ample grounds for the profoundest reverence and fear. And let them remember that he respecteth not any that are wise of heart. However "wise of heart" men may be, God does not "respect" them, at any rate to the extent of submitting his conduct to their judgment, and answering their clues-tionings (see ver. 20). |
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