New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 32:13
Job 32:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a man.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)Lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom’; God will vanquish him, not man.
Context of Job 32:13
11“Behold, I waited for your words, I listened to your skillful speech, While you pondered what to say. 12I also paid close attention to you; But indeed, there was no one who refuted Job, Not one of you who answered his words. So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom: God will defeat him, not man.’ 14But he has not presented his words against me, Nor will I reply to him with your arguments. 15“They are dismayed, they no longer answer; Words have failed them.
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פֶּן־תֹּ֣֭אמְרוּ מָצָ֣אנוּ חָכְמָ֑ה אֵ֖ל יִדְּפֶ֣נּוּ לֹא־אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 32:13
- Genesis 14:23that I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, so that you do not say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
- Judges 7:2And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to hand Midian over to them, otherwise Israel would become boastful, saying, ‘My own power has saved me.’
- Isaiah 48:5Therefore I declared them to you long ago, Before they took place I proclaimed them to you, So that you would not say, ‘My idol has done them, And my carved image and my cast metal image have commanded them.’
- Zechariah 12:7The Lord also will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be greater than Judah.
- Job 12:2“Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!
- Job 15:8Do you hear the secret discussion of God, And limit wisdom to yourself?
- Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever in their own sight!
- Jeremiah 9:23This is what the Lord says: “Let no wise man boast of his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast of his might, nor a rich man boast of his riches;
- Ezekiel 28:3Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you!
- 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the understanding of those who have understanding, I will confound.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:18Take care that no one deceives himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.
- Job 1:21He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
- Job 2:10But he said to her, “You are speaking as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we actually accept good from God but not accept adversity?” Despite all this, Job did not sin with his lips.
- Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me.
- Job 19:6Know then that God has wronged me And has surrounded me with His net.
Commentaries on Job 32:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13We have found out wisdom - We by dint of our own wisdom and understanding, have found out the true system of God's providence; and have been able to account for all the sufferings and tribulations of Job. Had they been able to confute Job, they would have triumphed over him in their own self-sufficiency. God thrusteth him down, not man - This is no accidental thing that has happened to him: he is suffering under the just judgments of God, and therefore he…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom - That is, this has been permitted and ordered in such a manner that it might be manifest that the truths which are to convince him come from God and not from man. You were not permitted to refute or convince him, for if you had been you would have been lifted up with pride, and would have attributed to yourselves what belongs to God. This is in accordance with the entire drift of the book, which is to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he pleases; this encouraged him to state his opinion. By attention to the word of God, and dependence upon the Holy Spirit, young men may become wiser than the aged; but this wisdom will render them swift to hear, slow to speak, and disposed to give others a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22After three rounds of speeches between Job and his friends, a new voice speaks. Elihu, a young man, has listened to everything the others said.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. This has been so ordered, "lest you should" pride yourselves on having overcome him by your "wisdom" (Jr 9:23, the great aim of the Book of Job); and that you may see, "God alone can thrust him down," that is, confute him, "not man." So Elihu grounds his confutation, not on the maxims of sages, as the friends did, but on his special commission from God (Job 32:8; 33:4, 6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 32
- 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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