Job 32:13

Say then not, We have found wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

In Context

12And now I understand you fully, and, behold, there is none that convinceth Job, or, that answereth his speeches among you.

14But he hath not directed any words against me: and with your speeches will I not answer him.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:23That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine; lest thou shouldst say, I have made Abram rich:

Job 1:21And he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; may the name of the Lord be blessed.

Job 4:9Before the breathing of God they perish, and before the breath of his nostrils they come to their end.

Job 12:2Truly ye are indeed the [right kind of] people, and with you wisdom must die out.

Job 19:6Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.

Isaiah 5:21Woe unto those that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

Matthew Henry on Job 32:7-15

6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion. 11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your… Read the whole commentary →

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