English Standard Version
Job 33:6
6Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was pinched off from a piece of clay.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Look, you and I both belong to God. I, too, was formed from clay.
Context of Job 33:6
4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 5Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand. Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was pinched off from a piece of clay. 7Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you. 8"Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of your words.
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הֵן־אֲנִ֣י כְפִ֣יךָ לָאֵ֑ל מֵ֝חֹ֗מֶר קֹרַ֥צְתִּי גַם־אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:6
- Genesis 30:2Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
- Exodus 4:16He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
- Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.
- Job 10:9Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
- Job 13:12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
- Genesis 2:7then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
- 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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
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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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