Job 33:5

If you can, answer me, and oppose me to my face.

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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 made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

6Behold, God has made me, just as he also has made you, and I, likewise, have been formed of the same clay.

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Cross References

Job 13:18If I will be judged, I know that I will be found to be just.

Job 32:1But these three men ceased to answer Job, because he considered himself justified.

Job 32:14He has said nothing to me, and I will not respond to him according to your words.

Psalms 50:21Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.

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 →

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