Job 33:13
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
In Context
12Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for God is greater than man.
14For God speaketh once, and twice, [and man] perceiveth it not
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29The hidden things belong to Jehovah our God; but the revealed ones are ours and our children's for ever, to do all the words of this law.
Job 9:14How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
Job 10:6That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;
Job 40:2Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?
Jeremiah 50:24I have laid a snare for thee, and thou, Babylon, art also taken, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, for thou hast contended with Jehovah.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:9-14
8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. In these verses, I. Elihu… Read the whole commentary →