Job 33:12

Job 33:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
• New International Version (NIV)“But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man.

Context of Job 33:12

10Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. 11He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’ Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. 13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks? 14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

Job 33:12 word by word

הֶן־זֹ֣את לֹא־צָדַ֣קְתָּ אֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ מֵאֱנֽוֹשׁ׃Read the interlinear

• Beholdהֵןhên · look!H2005
• you are notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• rightצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
• in this matterזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• I will answer youעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• is greaterרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• than manאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for Job 33:12

• Job 1:22In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
• Job 34:10Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
• Job 35:2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
• Job 36:22Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
• Ezekiel 18:25Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
• Romans 9:19One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
• Job 32:17I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.
• Job 35:4I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
• Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
• Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
• Job 36:5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
• Jeremiah 18:6“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

Commentaries on Job 33:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12In this thou art not just - Thou hast laid charges against God's dealings, but thou hast not been able to justify those charges; and were there nothing else against thee, these irreverent speeches are so many proofs that thou art not clear in the sight of God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Behold, in this thou art not just - In this view of God, and in these reflections on his character and government. Such language in regard to the Deity cannot be vindicated; such views cannot be right. It cannot be that he wishes to be the foe of man; that he watches with a jealous eye every movement with a view to find something that will justify him in bringing heavy calamities upon his creatures, or that he sets himself as a spy upon the way in which…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. in this--view of God and His government. It cannot be that God should jealously "watch" man, though "spotless," as an "enemy," or as one afraid of him as an equal. For "God is greater than man!" There must be sin in man, even though he be no hypocrite, which needs correction by suffering for the sufferer's good.Read the comment

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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