Job 33:12
10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
- KJV
- Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
- WEB
- “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
- ASV
- Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.
- DARBY
- Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for God is greater than man.
- BLB
- Behold, [in] this you are not right; I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
- ÅB
- Nei, i dette har du ikke rett, svarer jeg deg; Gud er jo større enn et menneske.
- OTB
- “Men jeg sier til deg, i dette har du ikke rett,
for Gud er større enn noe menneske. - B1930
- Nei, i dette har du ikke rett, svarer jeg dig; Gud er jo større enn et menneske.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 36:5
Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:25
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Read in contextJob 35:2
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
Read in contextJob 32:17
I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.
Read in contextJob 34:17–19
Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
Read in contextJob 26:14
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Read in contextJob 40:8–9
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Read in contextJob 35:4
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
Read in context