Job 33:5
If thou can, answer thou me. Set [thy words] in order before me. Stand forth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
In Context
4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
6Behold, I am toward God even as thou are. I also am formed out of the clay.
Cross References
Job 13:18Behold now, I have set my case in order. I know that I am righteous.
Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 32:14For he has not directed his words against me. Neither will I answer him with your speeches.
Psalms 50:21These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself. [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:2-8
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. 2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. 3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. 4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. 6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the… Read the whole commentary →