Job 9:32
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify 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
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 6:10
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Read in contextPsalms 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:9
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Read in contextNumbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Read in context1 John 3:20
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Read in contextJeremiah 49:19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Read in context1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
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