Job 9:32
30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
- KJV
- For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
- WEB
- For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
- ASV
- For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
- DARBY
- For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
- BLB
- For [He is] not a man like I [am], [that] I may answer Him, that we would come together into judgment.
- ÅB
- For han er ikke en mann som jeg, så jeg kunne svare ham, så vi kunne gå sammen for retten;
- OTB
- For Han er ikke et menneske, som jeg er, at jeg kunne svare Ham,
at vi kunne møte hverandre i retten. - B1930
- For han er ikke en mann som jeg, så jeg kunde svare ham, så vi kunde gå sammen for retten;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 6:10
Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
Read in contextPsalms 143:2
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
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 contextNumbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Read in context1 John 3:20
Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
Read in contextJeremiah 49:19
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
Read in context1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
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