Job 33:6

Job 33:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was pinched off from a piece of clay.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Look, you and I both belong to God. I, too, was formed from clay.

Context of Job 33:6

4The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 5Answer me then, if you can; stand up and argue your case before me. I am the same as you in God’s sight; I too am a piece of clay. 7No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy on you. 8“But you have said in my hearing— I heard the very words—

Job 33:6 word by word

הֵן־אֲנִ֣י כְפִ֣יךָ לָאֵ֑ל מֵ֝חֹ֗מֶר קֹרַ֥צְתִּי גַם־אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• according to thy wishפֶּהpeh · lip: accordingH6310
• in God’sאֵל'êl · GodH410
• stead: I also am formedקָרַץqârats · to winkH7169
• out of the clayחֹ֫מֶרchômer · clayH2563

Cross-references for Job 33:6

• Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”
• Exodus 4:16He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
• Job 4:19how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
• Job 10:9Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
• Job 13:12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
• Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Commentaries on Job 33:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay - Mr. Good, and before him none other that I have seen, has most probably hit the true meaning: - "Behold, I am thy fellow. I too was formed by God out of the clay." The word כפיך kephicha, which we translate according to thy wish, and which, if Hebrew, would mean like to thy mouth; he considers as pure Arabic, with a Hebrew postfix, (Arabic) kefoo, signifying fellow, equal, like…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Behold, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead - Margin, as in Hebrew “mouth.” The mouth is that by which we express our desires, and the word here is equivalent to wish. Some have, however, rendered this differently. Umbreit translates it, ich bin, wie du, von Gott - I am, as thou art, from God. So Noyes, “I, like thee, am a creature of God.” Wemyss, “I am thine equal in the sight of God.” Coverdale, “Behold, before God am I even as thou, for I am…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. (See on Job 33:4; Job 31:35; 13:3, 20, 21). formed--Though acting as God's representative, I am but a creature, like thyself. Arabic, "pressed together," as a mass of clay by the potter, in forming a vessel [Umbreit]. Hebrew, "cut off," as the portion taken from the clay to form it [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 33:6

• Clay
• Ground
• Humility

In the dictionaries

• Account
• Elihu
• Path
• Ransom
• Soul
• Stick
• Wish
• Elihu (2)

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