Job 36:5

Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, ¹  he ²  is mighty, and firm ³  in his intent. ⁴ 

Job 9:14,19; Job 10:3; Job 12:13-16; Job 26:12-14; Job 31:13; Job 37:23; Ps 22:24; Ps 99:4; Ps 138:6; Ps 147:5; Jer 10:12; Jer 32:19; 1Co 1:24-28

¹ tn The object “people” is not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

² tn The text simply repeats “mighty.”

³ tn The last two words are simply כֹּחַ לֵב (koakh lev, “strong in heart”), meaning something like “strong; firm in his decisions.”

⁴ tc There are several problems in this verse: the repetition of “mighty,” the lack of an object for “despise,” and the meaning of “strength of heart.” Many commentators reduce the verse to a single line, reading something like “Lo, God does not reject the pure in heart” (Kissane). Dhorme and Pope follow Nichols with: “Lo, God is mighty in strength, and rejects not the pure in heart.” This reading moved “mighty” to the first line and took the second to be בַּר (bar, “pure”).