New English Translation
Job 33:12
12Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.
Job 33:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
- New International Version (NIV)“But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man.
Context of Job 33:12
10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy! 11He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’ Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, for God is greater than a human being. 13Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words? 14“For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:12 word by word
הֶן־זֹ֣את לֹא־צָדַ֣קְתָּ אֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ מֵאֱנֽוֹשׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:12
- Job 1:22In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.
- Job 34:10“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.
- Job 35:2“Do you think this to be just: when you say, ‘My right before God.’
- Job 36:22Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?
- Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?
- Romans 9:19You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”
- Job 32:17I too will answer my part, I too will explain what I know.
- Job 35:4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.
- Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength – who has resisted him and remained safe?
- Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
- Job 36:5Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.
- Job 40:2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”
- Jeremiah 18:6“I, the Lord, say: ‘O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter’s hand.’
Commentaries on Job 33:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12In this thou art not just - Thou hast laid charges against God's dealings, but thou hast not been able to justify those charges; and were there nothing else against thee, these irreverent speeches are so many proofs that thou art not clear in the sight of God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Behold, in this thou art not just - In this view of God, and in these reflections on his character and government. Such language in regard to the Deity cannot be vindicated; such views cannot be right. It cannot be that he wishes to be the foe of man; that he watches with a jealous eye every movement with a view to find something that will justify him in bringing heavy calamities upon his creatures, or that he sets himself as a spy upon the way in which…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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. in this--view of God and His government. It cannot be that God should jealously "watch" man, though "spotless," as an "enemy," or as one afraid of him as an equal. For "God is greater than man!" There must be sin in man, even though he be no hypocrite, which needs correction by suffering for the sufferer's good.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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