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Job 32:13

Pride

11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

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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.

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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

    Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

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  • Isaiah 5:21

    Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:27–29

    But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:18

    Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

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  • Job 4:9

    By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

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  • Job 1:21

    And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

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  • Job 2:10

    But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

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  • Job 19:21

    Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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