Tree of Life Version
Job 33:13
13Why do you contend against Him that He does not answer all His words.
Job 33:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
- New International Version (NIV)Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’s words?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of man's words'?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
Context of Job 33:13
11He puts my feet in the shackles; He watches closely all my paths.’ 12“But in this, you are not right— I answer you, for God is greater than a mortal. Why do you contend against Him that He does not answer all His words. 14Indeed, God speaks once, even twice, yet no one perceives it. 15“In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, as they slumber in bed,
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מַ֭דּוּעַ אֵלָ֣יו רִיב֑וֹתָ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּ֝בָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א־יַעֲנֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:13
- Job 9:14How then can I answer Him or choose my words with Him?
- Job 15:25for he raises his hand against God and flaunts himself against Shaddai,
- Isaiah 45:9Oy , to one who quarrels with his Maker, like a pot among the pots of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What have you made?” Or does your work say, “It has no handles”?
- Jeremiah 50:24I set a snare for you, so you were caught, O Babylon, when you were unaware. You were found and also caught, because you challenged Adonai.
- Ezekiel 22:14Will your heart’s courage stand or your hands be strong in the days when I deal with you? I, Adonai, have spoken it and will do it.
- Acts 5:39but if it is of God, you will not be able to stop them. You might even be found fighting against God.” They took his advice,
- Acts 9:4Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
- Job 40:2“Will the one who contends with Shaddai correct him? Let him who accuses God answer!”
- Psalms 62:11Do not trust in extortion, and do not put vain hope in plunder. Though these things increase riches, do not set your heart on them.
- Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, from ancient time, what is yet to come, saying, “My purpose will stand, and I will accomplish all that I please.”
- Matthew 20:15Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
- Acts 1:7He said to them, “It is not your place to know the times or seasons which the Father has placed under His own control.
- Romans 11:34For “who has known the mind of Adonai, or who has been His counselor?”
Commentaries on Job 33:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Why dost thou strive against him? - Is it not useless to contend with God? Can he do any thing that is not right? As to his giving thee any account of the reasons why he deals thus and thus with thee, or any one else, thou needest not expect it; he is sovereign, and is not to be called to the bar of his creatures. It is sufficient for thee to know that "he is too wise to err, and too good to be unkind."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Why dost thou strive against him? - By refusing to submit to him, and by calling in question his wisdom and goodness. For he giveth not account of any of his matters - Margin, as in Hebrew “answereth not.” The idea is, that it is as useless as it is improper to contend with God. He does his own pleasure, and deals with man as he deems best and right. The reason of his doings he does not state, nor has man any power to extort from him a statement of the…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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Job's main complaint was that God did not answer him (9:16; 19:7; 23:2–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. (Is 45:9). his matters--ways. Our part is, not to "strive" with God, but to submit. To believe it is right because He does it, not because we see all the reasons for His doing it.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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