English Standard Version
Job 9:32
32For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
Job 9:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
- New International Version (NIV)“He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“God is not a mortal like me, so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.
Context of Job 9:32
30If I wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, 31yet you will plunge me into a pit, and my own clothes will abhor me. For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together. 33There is no arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both. 34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
Read all of Job 9Job 9:32 word by word
כִּי־לֹא־אִ֣ישׁ כָּמֹ֣נִי אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ נָב֥וֹא יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:32
- Job 33:12"Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
- Job 35:5Look at the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
- Numbers 23:19God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
- 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart."
- Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.
- Isaiah 45:9"Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
- Jeremiah 49:19Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
- Romans 9:20But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?"
- 1 John 3:20for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
- Job 13:18Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
- Job 23:3Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
- Psalms 143:2Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
Commentaries on Job 9:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32For he is not a man as I am - I cannot contend with him as with one of my fellows in a court of justice.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32For he is not a man as I am - He is infinitely superior to me in majesty and power. The idea is, that the contest would be unequal, and that he might as well surrender without bringing the matter to an issue. It is evident that the disposition of Job to yield, was rather because he saw that God was superior in power than because he saw that he was right, and that he felt that if he had ability to manage the cause as well as God could, the matter would not…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-35Verses 25-35 What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and would not relent, was the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33A mediator does not judge God and man. Instead, the mediator helps bring them together (see 16:19–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. (Ec 6:10; Is 45:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 9
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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