American Standard Version
Job 33:5
5If thou canst, answer thou me;Setthy wordsin order before me, stand forth.
Job 33:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
- New International Version (NIV)Answer me then, if you can; stand up and argue your case before me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand.
Context of Job 33:5
3My wordsshall utterthe uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely. 4The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life. If thou canst, answer thou me; Setthy wordsin order before me, stand forth. 6Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay. 7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:5 word by word
אִם־תּוּכַ֥ל הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי עֶרְכָ֥ה לְ֝פָנַ֗י הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 33:5
- Job 33:32If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.
- Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Job 23:4I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 32:14For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.
- Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: ButI will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Acts 10:26But Peter raised him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Commentaries on Job 33:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5If thou canst answer me - The meaning of this verse is this: “The controversy between you and me, if you choose to reply, shall be conducted in the most equitable manner, and on the most equal terms. I will not attempt, as your three friends have done, to overwhelm you with reproaches; nor will I attempt to overawe you as God would do, so that you could not reply. I am a man like yourself, and desire that if anything can be said against what I have to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Elihu invited Job to present his case, acting as if he were God or the judge Job had been seeking (9:32–35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Images from a court of justice. stand up--alluding to Job's words (Job 30:20).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Job 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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