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Job 33:12
12“But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But you are wrong, and I will show you why. For God is greater than any human being.
Context of Job 33:12
10Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy. 11He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’ “But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal. 13Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’s words? 14For God does speak—now one way, now another— though no one perceives it.
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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 by charging God with wrongdoing.
- Job 34:10“So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the Almighty to do wrong.
- Job 35:2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am in the right, not God.’
- Job 36:22“God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
- Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
- Romans 9:19One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?”
- Job 32:17I too will have my say; I too will tell what I know.
- Job 35:4“I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
- Job 9:4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
- Job 26:14And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
- Job 36:5“God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
- Job 40:2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
- Jeremiah 18:6He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.
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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