Job 33:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

KJV

Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

WEB

“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.

ASV

Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

LSV

Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, || I answer you, that God is greater than man.

YLT

Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

DBY

Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for God is greater than man.Eloah

DRC

Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

GNV

Behold, in this hast thou not done right: I will answere thee, that God is greater then man.

JPS

Behold, I answer thee: In this thou art not right, that God is too great for man;

LXXE

For how sayest thou, I am righteous, yet he has not hearkened to me? for he that is above mortals is eternal.

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WLC

הֶן־זֹ֣את לֹא־צָדַ֣קְתָּ אֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ מֵאֱנֽוֹשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Πῶς γὰρ λέγεις, δίκαιός εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἐπακήκοέ μου; αἰώνιος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐπάνω βροτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 36:5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
• Ezekiel 18:25Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
• Job 35:4I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
• Job 34:17–19Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One, who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’ who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor?…
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
• Job 34:23For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
• Job 35:2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
• Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
• Job 1:22In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
• Job 40:8–9Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself? Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
• Jeremiah 18:6“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
• Job 36:22–23Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him? Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
• Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
• Job 32:17I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.
• Romans 9:19–21One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”…
• Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

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