Job 33:12
Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified : I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
In Context
11He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.
13Dost thou strive against him, because he hath not answered thee to all words?
Cross References
Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace ?
Job 11:9The measure of him is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 32:17I also will answer my part, and will shew my knowledge.
Job 34:17Can he be healed that loveth not judgment? and how dost thou so far condemn him that is just?
Job 35:2Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say : I am more just than God?
Job 36:5God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.
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 →