Christian Standard Bible
Job 33:13
13Why do you take him to court for not answering anything a person asks?
Job 33:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
- New International Version (NIV)Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’s words?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of man's words'?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
Context of Job 33:13
11He puts my feet in the stocks; he stands watch over all my paths.” 12But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter, since God is greater than man. Why do you take him to court for not answering anything a person asks? 14For God speaks time and again, but a person may not notice it. 15In a dream, a vision in the night, when deep sleep comes over people as they slumber on their beds,
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מַ֭דּוּעַ אֵלָ֣יו רִיב֑וֹתָ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּ֝בָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א־יַעֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:13
- Job 9:14How then can I answer him or choose my arguments against him?
- Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.
- Isaiah 45:9“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker — one clay pot among many. Does clay say to the one forming it, ‘What are you making? ’ Or does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Jeremiah 50:24Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught, but you did not even know it. You were found and captured because you pitted yourself against the Lord.
- Ezekiel 22:14Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the days when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act.
- Acts 5:39but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” They were persuaded by him.
- Acts 9:4Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
- Job 40:2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who argues with God give an answer.
- Deuteronomy 29:29The hidden things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.
- Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to God,
- Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.
- Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
- Matthew 20:15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’
- Acts 1:7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
- Romans 11:34For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?
Commentaries on Job 33:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Why dost thou strive against him? - Is it not useless to contend with God? Can he do any thing that is not right? As to his giving thee any account of the reasons why he deals thus and thus with thee, or any one else, thou needest not expect it; he is sovereign, and is not to be called to the bar of his creatures. It is sufficient for thee to know that "he is too wise to err, and too good to be unkind."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Why dost thou strive against him? - By refusing to submit to him, and by calling in question his wisdom and goodness. For he giveth not account of any of his matters - Margin, as in Hebrew “answereth not.” The idea is, that it is as useless as it is improper to contend with God. He does his own pleasure, and deals with man as he deems best and right. The reason of his doings he does not state, nor has man any power to extort from him a statement of the…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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Job's main complaint was that God did not answer him (9:16; 19:7; 23:2–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. (Is 45:9). his matters--ways. Our part is, not to "strive" with God, but to submit. To believe it is right because He does it, not because we see all the reasons for His doing it.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
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