Job 32:13
11 Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
12 I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
14 But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
15 Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
- KJV
- Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
- WEB
- Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’
- ASV
- Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:
- DARBY
- That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.
- BLB
- lest you⁺ say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God drive him away, not man.’
- ÅB
- Si ikke: Vi har funnet visdom hos ham; bare Gud kan få bukt med ham, ikke noe menneske!
- OTB
- Derfor, ikke hev at ‘Vi har oppdaget visdom;
la Gud, ikke mennesket, beseire ham.’ - B1930
- Si ikke: Vi har funnet visdom hos ham; bare Gud kan få bukt med ham, ikke noget menneske!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:27–29
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
Read in contextJob 4:9
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
Read in contextJob 1:21
saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Read in contextJob 2:10
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Read in contextJob 19:21
Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
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