Revised Literal Translation
Job 9:32
32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Job 9:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
- New International Version (NIV)“He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.
Context of Job 9:32
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. 33Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
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כִּי־לֹא־אִ֣ישׁ כָּמֹ֣נִי אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ נָב֥וֹא יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 9:32
- Job 33:12Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
- Job 35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- 1 Samuel 16:7But Yhwh said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, But Yhwh looketh on the heart.
- Ecclesiastes 6:10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
- Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
- Jeremiah 49:19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
- Romans 9:20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
- 1 John 3:20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
- Job 13:18Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
- Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
- Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Commentaries on Job 9:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32For he is not a man as I am - I cannot contend with him as with one of my fellows in a court of justice.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32For he is not a man as I am - He is infinitely superior to me in majesty and power. The idea is, that the contest would be unequal, and that he might as well surrender without bringing the matter to an issue. It is evident that the disposition of Job to yield, was rather because he saw that God was superior in power than because he saw that he was right, and that he felt that if he had ability to manage the cause as well as God could, the matter would not…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-35Verses 25-35 What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and would not relent, was the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33A mediator does not judge God and man. Instead, the mediator helps bring them together (see 16:19–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. (Ec 6:10; Is 45:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 9
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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