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 shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’ 12Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, for God is greater than a human being. Why 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. 15In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

Job 33:13 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Why dost thou striveרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• against him? for he giveth not accountעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• of any of his mattersדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for Job 33:13

• Job 9:14“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!
• Job 15:25for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
• Isaiah 45:9One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, “What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”
• Jeremiah 50:24I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.
• Ezekiel 22:14Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!
• Acts 5:39but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
• Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
• Job 40:2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”
• Deuteronomy 29:29Secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.
• Psalms 62:11God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,
• Isaiah 46:10who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, ‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
• Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
• Matthew 20:15Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• Acts 1:7He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
• Romans 11:34For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been 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