Job 33:5
3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
- KJV
- If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
- WEB
- If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
- ASV
- If thou canst, answer thou me; Set [thy words] in order before me, stand forth.
- DARBY
- If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.
- BLB
- If you are able to refute me, arrange it before my face; station yourself.
- ÅB
- Hvis du kan, så svar meg! Rust deg mot meg, tred fram!
- OTB
- Svar meg hvis du kan;
gjør deg klar og ta din stand. - B1930
- Hvis du kan, så svar mig! Rust dig mot mig, tred frem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 33:32–33
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
Read in contextActs 10:26
But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Read in contextJob 23:4–5
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Read in contextJob 13:18
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Read in contextJob 32:14
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
Read in contextJob 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Read in contextPsalms 50:21
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Read in contextJob 32:12
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
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