Job 33:13
11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
12 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
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.
15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
- KJV
- Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
- WEB
- Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
- ASV
- Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
- DARBY
- Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
- BLB
- Why do you contend against Him, for all words He does not answer?
- ÅB
- Hvorfor går du i rette med ham? Han svarer jo ikke et eneste ord.
- OTB
- Hvorfor strider du med Ham,
og sier at Han ikke svarer noen av dine ord? - B1930
- Hvorfor går du i rette med ham? Han svarer jo ikke et eneste ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 40:2
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
Read in contextIsaiah 45:9
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
Read in contextRomans 11:34
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
Read in contextDaniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Read in contextIsaiah 46:10
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Read in contextActs 1:7
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:14
Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.
Read in contextMatthew 20:15
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
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