Job 33:13

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 putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 12Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for God is greater than man. Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. 14For God speaketh once, and twice, — [and man] perceiveth it not — 15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

Job 33:13 word by word

מַ֭דּוּעַ אֵלָ֣יו רִיב֑וֹתָ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּ֝בָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א־יַעֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Whyמַדּוּעַmaddûa‛ maddûa‛ · why?H4069
• mattersדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for Job 33:13

• Job 9:14How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
• Job 15:25For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
• Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?
• Jeremiah 50:24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou, Babylon, art also taken, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, for thou hast contended with Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 22:14Shall thy heart endure, shall thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken, and will do [it].
• Acts 5:39but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.
• Acts 9:4and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
• Job 40:2Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
• Deuteronomy 29:29The hidden things belong to Jehovah our God; but the revealed ones are ours and our children's for ever, to do all the words of this law.
• Psalms 62:11Once hath God spoken, twice have I heard this, that strength [belongeth] unto God.
• Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
• Daniel 4:35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
• Matthew 20:15is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good?
• Acts 1:7And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority;
• Romans 11:34For who has known [the] mind of [the] Lord, or who has been his counsellor?

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