Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’ New Living Translation And don’t tell me, ‘He is too wise for us. Only God can convince him.’ English Standard Version Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a man.’ Berean Standard Bible So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’ King James Bible Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. New King James Version Lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom’; God will vanquish him, not man. New American Standard Bible “So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom: God will defeat him, not man.’ NASB 1995 “Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; God will rout him, not man.’ NASB 1977 “Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; God will rout him, not man.’ Legacy Standard Bible Lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom; God will drive him away, not man.’ Amplified Bible “Beware if you say, ‘We have found wisdom; God thrusts Job down [justly], not man [for God alone is dealing with him].’ Christian Standard Bible So do not claim, “We have found wisdom; let God deal with him, not man.” Holman Christian Standard Bible So do not claim, “We have found wisdom; let God deal with him, not man.” American Standard Version Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man: Contemporary English Version You shouldn't say, "We know what's right! Let God punish him." English Revised Version Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man: GOD'S WORD® Translation So don't say, 'We've found wisdom. Let God, not humans, defeat him.' Good News Translation How can you claim you have discovered wisdom? God must answer Job, for you have failed. International Standard Version "So that you cannot claim, 'We have found wisdom!' let God do the rebuking, not man; Majority Standard Bible So do not claim, ?We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.? NET Bible So do not say, 'We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!' New Heart English Bible Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;' Webster's Bible Translation Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. World English Bible Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’ Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLest you say, We have found wisdom, "" God thrusts him away, not man. Young's Literal Translation Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man. Smith's Literal Translation Lest ye shall say, We found wisdom: God will thrust him, not man. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLest you should say : We have found wisdom, God hath cast him down, not man. Catholic Public Domain Version So that you will not say, “We have found wisdom,” God has thrown him down, not man. New American Bible So do not say, “We have met wisdom; God can vanquish him but no mortal!” New Revised Standard Version Yet do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a human.’ Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo that you could not say, We have found wisdom. God has smitten him, not man. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For you say, ‘we have found wisdom; God is he who has wounded him, and not a son of man’ OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Beware lest ye say: 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man!' Brenton Septuagint Translation lest ye should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elihu Rebukes Job's Three Friends…12I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments. 13So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’ 14But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.… Cross References Job 12:13 Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His. Job 28:28 And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’” Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. Isaiah 40:13-14 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? / Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding? Romans 11:33-34 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” 1 Corinthians 1:19-20 For 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 foolish the wisdom of the world? 1 Corinthians 2:6-7 Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. / No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. James 1:5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. Daniel 2:20-22 and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him. / He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. / He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him. Psalm 94:10-11 He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge? / The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. Isaiah 29:14 Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.” Jeremiah 8:9 The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have? Ecclesiastes 2:26 To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind. Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD. 1 Corinthians 3:19-20 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” / And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.” Treasury of Scripture Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusts him down, not man. Lest Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: Judges 7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. Isaiah 48:5,7 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them… We Job 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. Job 15:8-10 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? … Isaiah 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! God Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. Job 4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. Jump to Previous Beware Care Found Overcome Refute Rout Thrust Thrusteth Wisdom YieldJump to Next Beware Care Found Overcome Refute Rout Thrust Thrusteth Wisdom YieldJob 32 1. Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends6. Because wisdom comes not from age, he excuses the boldness of his youth 11. He reproves them for not satisfying Job 16. His zeal to speak So do not claim This phrase serves as a caution against presumption. In the Hebrew context, the word for "claim" can be understood as asserting or boasting. Elihu, the speaker in this chapter, warns against the arrogance of assuming human wisdom is sufficient to understand or judge God's ways. This reflects a broader biblical theme that true wisdom comes from God alone (Proverbs 2:6). ‘We have found wisdom let God, not man refute him Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So do notפֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest claim, תֹּ֣֭אמְרוּ (tō·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘We have found מָצָ֣אנוּ (mā·ṣā·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present wisdom; חָכְמָ֑ה (ḥāḵ·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2451: Wisdom let God, אֵ֖ל (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no man, אִֽישׁ׃ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person refute him.’ יִדְּפֶ֣נּוּ (yid·də·p̄en·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5086: To shove asunder, disperse Links Job 32:13 NIVJob 32:13 NLT Job 32:13 ESV Job 32:13 NASB Job 32:13 KJV Job 32:13 BibleApps.com Job 32:13 Biblia Paralela Job 32:13 Chinese Bible Job 32:13 French Bible Job 32:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 32:13 Beware lest you say 'We have found (Jb) |
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