God’s Word Translation
Job 33:13
13Why do you quarrel with him since he doesn’t answer any questions?
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 puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.’ 12You aren’t right about this! I’ve got an answer for you: God is greater than any mortal. Why do you quarrel with him since he doesn’t answer any questions? 14“God speaks in one way, even in two ways without people noticing it: 15In a dream, a prophetic vision at night, when people fall into a deep sleep, when they sleep on their beds,
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מַ֭דּוּעַ אֵלָ֣יו רִיב֑וֹתָ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּ֝בָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א־יַעֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:13
- Job 9:14“How can I possibly answer God? How can I find the right words ⌞to speak⌟ with him?
- Job 15:25He stretches out his hand against God and attacks the Almighty like a warrior.
- Isaiah 45:9How horrible it will be for the one who quarrels with his maker. He is pottery among other earthenware pots. Does the clay ask the one who shapes it, “What are you making?” Does your work say to you, “There are no handles”?
- Jeremiah 50:24I will set traps for you, Babylon. You will be caught, but you won’t know it. You will be found and captured because you have opposed the Lord.
- Ezekiel 22:14Will you still be brave? Will you remain strong when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.
- Acts 5:39However, if it’s from God, you won’t be able to stop them. You may even discover that you’re fighting against God.”
- Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?
- Job 40:2“Will the person who finds fault with the Almighty correct him? Will the person who argues with God answer him?”
- Deuteronomy 29:29Some things are hidden. They belong to the Lord our God. But the things that have been revealed in these teachings belong to us and to our children forever. We must obey every word of these teachings.
- Psalms 62:11God has spoken once. I have heard it ⌞said⌟ twice: “Power belongs to God.
- Isaiah 46:10From the beginning I revealed the end. From long ago I told you things that had not yet happened, saying, “My plan will stand, and I’ll do everything I intended to do.”
- Daniel 4:35Everyone who lives on earth is nothing compared to him. He does whatever he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who live on earth. There is no one who can oppose him or ask him, “What are you doing?”
- Matthew 20:15Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?’
- Acts 1:7Jesus told them, “You don’t need to know about times or periods that the Father has determined by his own authority.
- Romans 11:34“Who knows how the Lord thinks? Who can become his adviser?”
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
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