Job 33:13

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; He watches all my paths.’ 12Behold, let me respond to you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than mankind. “Why do you complain to Him That He does not give an account of all His doings? 14Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. 15In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds,

Job 33:13 word by word

מַ֭דּוּעַ אֵלָ֣יו רִיב֑וֹתָ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּ֝בָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א־יַעֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Whyמַדּוּעַmaddûa‛ maddûa‛ · why?H4069
• complainרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• That He does not giveעוּן‛ânâh · to dwellH6030
• of allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• His doingsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for Job 33:13

• Job 9:14How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him?
• Job 15:25Because he has reached out with his hand against God, And is arrogant toward the Almighty.
• Isaiah 45:9“Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- A piece of pottery among the other earthenware pottery pieces! Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?
• Jeremiah 50:24I set a trap for you and you were also caught, Babylon, While you yourself were not aware; You have been found and also seized Because you have engaged in conflict with the Lord.”
• Ezekiel 22:14Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong for the days that I will deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken and will act.
• Acts 5:39but if the source is God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God.”
• Acts 9:4and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who rebukes God give an answer.”
• Deuteronomy 29:29“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, so that we may follow all the words of this Law.
• Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God;
• Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My plan will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
• Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are of no account, But He does according to His will among the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can fend off His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
• Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
• Acts 1:7But He said to them, “It is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which the Father has set by His own authority;
• Romans 11:34For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor?

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