Job 33:5

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 words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall utter knowledge purely. 4The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand. 6Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay. 7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor my burden be heavy upon thee.

Job 33:5 word by word

אִם־תּוּכַ֥ל הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי עֶרְכָ֥ה לְ֝פָנַ֗י הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃Read the interlinear

• standיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320

Cross-references for Job 33:5

• Job 33:32If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.
• Job 32:1And these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• Job 23:4I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
• Job 32:14Now he hath not directed [his] words against me; and I will not answer him with your speeches. ...
• Psalms 50:21These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
• Acts 10:26But Peter made him rise, saying, Rise 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

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• Soul
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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