Job 33:13
Why are you fighting against him, complaining that God isn't answering your questions?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
In Context
12But look, you are wrong—let me explain. God is greater than any human being.
14God speaks over and over again, but people don't notice.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29The Lord our God has secrets that belong to him, but what has been revealed belong to us and to our descendants forever, so that we may follow everything in this law.
Job 9:14So how much less could I answer God, or choose my words to argue with him!
Job 10:6that you have to examine my wrongs and investigate my sins?
Job 40:2“Are you still going to fight with the Almighty and try to set him straight? Anyone who argues with God must give some answers.”
Isaiah 45:9What trouble people face when they fight with their Creator—they're just pots among all the other pots on earth! Does the clay tell the potter who is shaping it, “What are you doing?” or “What you're making is so bad it's like you have no hands!”
Jeremiah 50:24Babylon, I set a trap for you, and you were caught before you realized it. You were hunted down and captured because you fought against the Lord.
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 →