New King James Version
Job 33:5
5If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; 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 Living Translation (NLT)Answer me, if you can; make your case and take your stand.
Context of Job 33:5
3My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge. 4The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life. If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand. 6Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay. 7Surely no fear of me will terrify you, Nor will my hand 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 anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you.
- Job 32:1So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Job 23:4I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 32:14Now he has not directed his words against me; So I will not answer him with your words.
- Psalms 50:21These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes.
- Acts 10:26But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.”
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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