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.
• New International Version (NIV)I am the same as you in God’s sight; I too am a piece of 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.

Context of Job 33:6

4The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 5If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay. 7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 8Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

Job 33:6 word by word

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

• 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 30:2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
• Exodus 4:16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
• Job 4:19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
• Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
• Job 13:12Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
• Genesis 2:7And Yhwh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
• Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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