New King James Version
Job 33:12
12“Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man.
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 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 He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy; 11He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.’ “Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man. 13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words. 14For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man 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 charge God with wrong.
- Job 34:10“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
- Job 35:2“Do you think this is right? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
- Job 36:22“Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him?
- Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair?
- Romans 9:19You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”
- Job 32:17I also will answer my part, I too will declare my opinion.
- Job 35:4“I will answer you, And your companions with you.
- Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
- Job 26:14Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?”
- Job 36:5“Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Job 40:2“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
- Jeremiah 18:6“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of 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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