Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 36:5
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Job36:5
5. Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any : he is mighty in strength and wisdom. .
His greatness doth not make him (as it doth men) to scorn, or despise, or oppress the meanest. Though he may do what he pleaseth and none can hinder him, yet he will not use it to do any Man wrong, as Job seemed to in[illegible: 1+ letters]nuate, Chap. 10. 3. & 19. 7. & 23. 13.
His strength is guided by Wisdom, and therefore cannot be imployed to do any thing unbecoming God, or unjust to his Creatures; for either of these is folly. Or, in strength, or vertue of heart: for the and is not in the Hebrew. So the sense is, He is truly magnanimous, of a great and generous mind or heart, and therefore not unrighteous: for all injustice proceeds from littleness or weakness of Heart. Truly great Souls scorn unjust actions.
Marginal references: Chap. 9. 4. & 12. 13, 16. & 37. 23.; Heb. heart.
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