Job 32:13

In 11 translations

BSB

So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’

KJV

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

WEB

Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’

ASV

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

LSV

Lest you say, We have found wisdom, || God thrusts him away, not man.

YLT

Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.

DBY

That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.El

DRC

Lest you should say: We have found wisdom, God hath cast him down, not man.

GNV

Lest ye should say, We haue found wisedome: for God hath cast him downe, and no man.

JPS

Beware lest ye say: 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man!'

LXXE

lest ye should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord.

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WLC

פֶּן־תֹּ֣֭אמְרוּ מָצָ֣אנוּ חָכְמָ֑ה אֵ֖ל יִדְּפֶ֣נּוּ לֹא־אִֽישׁ׃

LXX-Br

ἵνα μὴ εἴπητε, εὕρομεν σοφίαν Κυρίῳ προσθέμενοι.

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• Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
• 1 Corinthians 1:27–29But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify…
• Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
• 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
• Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
• Job 19:21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
• Job 12:2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
• Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
• Ezekiel 28:3Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!
• 1 Corinthians 1:19–21For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made…
• Isaiah 48:7They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
• Genesis 14:23that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
• Judges 7:2Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
• Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
• Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
• John 19:11Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

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