Job 33:6

Job 33:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
• New International Version (NIV)I am the same as you in God’s sight; I too am a piece of clay.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was pinched off from a piece of clay.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay.

Context of Job 33:6

4The Spirit of Almighty God has made me. His breath gives me life. 5Answer me now, Job, if you can. Prepare yourself. Be ready to explain your problem to me. Listen! When God looks at us, we are the same as each other. God used clay to make both of us. 7So you should not be afraid of me. I will not do anything to hurt you. 8I have heard the things that you have said, Job. This is what I heard you say:

Job 33:6 word by word

הֵן־אֲנִ֣י כְפִ֣יךָ לָאֵ֑ל מֵ֝חֹ֗מֶר קֹרַ֥צְתִּי גַם־אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• according to thy wishפֶּהpeh · lip: accordingH6310
• in God’sאֵל'êl · GodH410
• stead: I also am formedקָרַץqârats · to winkH7169
• out of the clayחֹ֫מֶרchômer · clayH2563

Cross-references for Job 33:6

• Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel. He said, ‘Am I God? God has stopped you from giving birth to children!’
• Exodus 4:16Aaron will speak to the people on your behalf. He will be like your mouth, to speak your message. And you will be like God to him. You will tell him what to say.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20So we speak to people on behalf of Christ. It is like this: When we speak, God himself is speaking to you. On behalf of Christ, we say to you, ‘Please come back to God, as his friends!’
• Job 4:19God used clay to make bodies for us who are humans. We came from the dust of the earth. We are as weak as moths.
• Job 10:9Remember that you made me, like someone who uses clay to make things. Will you now make me become dust again?
• Job 13:12Your wise teaching is worth no more than ashes. Your arguments are weak and useless.
• Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and he made a man. He breathed air into the nose of the man to give him life. So the man became alive.
• Genesis 3:19You will have to work hard for a long time before you have any food to eat. You will do this for your whole life until you die. Then you will return into the ground. That is where you came from. I made you from the soil of the ground, and you will become soil again.’
• 2 Corinthians 5:1Our bodies are like a tent that we live in here on earth. One day, that home will come to an end. But we know that God will give us a new home. It is not a house that a human builder has built. God has built it for us in heaven and we will live there for ever.

Commentaries on Job 33:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay - Mr. Good, and before him none other that I have seen, has most probably hit the true meaning: - "Behold, I am thy fellow. I too was formed by God out of the clay." The word כפיך kephicha, which we translate according to thy wish, and which, if Hebrew, would mean like to thy mouth; he considers as pure Arabic, with a Hebrew postfix, (Arabic) kefoo, signifying fellow, equal, like…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Behold, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead - Margin, as in Hebrew “mouth.” The mouth is that by which we express our desires, and the word here is equivalent to wish. Some have, however, rendered this differently. Umbreit translates it, ich bin, wie du, von Gott - I am, as thou art, from God. So Noyes, “I, like thee, am a creature of God.” Wemyss, “I am thine equal in the sight of God.” Coverdale, “Behold, before God am I even as thou, for I am…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. (See on Job 33:4; Job 31:35; 13:3, 20, 21). formed--Though acting as God's representative, I am but a creature, like thyself. Arabic, "pressed together," as a mass of clay by the potter, in forming a vessel [Umbreit]. Hebrew, "cut off," as the portion taken from the clay to form it [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 33:6

• Clay
• Ground
• Humility

In the dictionaries

• Account
• Elihu
• Path
• Ransom
• Soul
• Stick
• Wish
• Elihu (2)

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