New English Translation
Job 33:5
5Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!
Job 33:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
- New International Version (NIV)Answer me then, if you can; stand up and argue your case before me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand.
Context of Job 33:5
3My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely. 4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand! 6Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay. 7Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:5 word by word
אִם־תּוּכַ֥ל הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי עֶרְכָ֥ה לְ֝פָנַ֗י הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:5
- Job 33:32If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.
- Job 32:1So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Job 23:4I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 32:14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.
- Psalms 50:21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
- Acts 10:26But Peter helped him up, saying, “Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”
Commentaries on Job 33:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5If thou canst answer me - The meaning of this verse is this: “The controversy between you and me, if you choose to reply, shall be conducted in the most equitable manner, and on the most equal terms. I will not attempt, as your three friends have done, to overwhelm you with reproaches; nor will I attempt to overawe you as God would do, so that you could not reply. I am a man like yourself, and desire that if anything can be said against what I have to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Elihu invited Job to present his case, acting as if he were God or the judge Job had been seeking (9:32–35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Images from a court of justice. stand up--alluding to Job's words (Job 30:20).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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