Job 9:32

Job 9:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
• New International Version (NIV)“He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.

Context of Job 9:32

30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, 31then 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. 33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both. 34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

Job 9:32 word by word

כִּי־לֹא־אִ֣ישׁ כָּמֹ֣נִי אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ נָב֥וֹא יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• He is notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• like meכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
• that I can answer Himעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• that we can takeיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• each otherבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to courtמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941

Cross-references for Job 9:32

• Job 33:12Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
• Job 35:5Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
• Numbers 23:19God 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?
• 1 Samuel 16:7But 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.”
• Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
• Isaiah 45:9Woe 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’?
• Jeremiah 49:19Behold, 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?”
• Romans 9:20But 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?”
• 1 John 3:20Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
• Job 13:18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
• Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
• Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.

Commentaries on Job 9:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32For he is not a man as I am - I cannot contend with him as with one of my fellows in a court of justice.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32For he is not a man as I am - He is infinitely superior to me in majesty and power. The idea is, that the contest would be unequal, and that he might as well surrender without bringing the matter to an issue. It is evident that the disposition of Job to yield, was rather because he saw that God was superior in power than because he saw that he was right, and that he felt that if he had ability to manage the cause as well as God could, the matter would not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-35Verses 25-35 What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and would not relent, was the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33A mediator does not judge God and man. Instead, the mediator helps bring them together (see 16:19–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. (Ec 6:10; Is 45:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 9:32

• Afflictions and Adversities
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Commentaries on Job 9

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings