Job 33:6
Behold, I am in the same relation as thyself toward God: I myself also am cut out of the clay.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
In Context
5If thou canst, answer me, array thyself before me, stand forward.
7Behold, dread of me cannot terrify thee, and my pressure will not be too heavy upon thee.
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Genesis 30:2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
Job 4:19How much less in those that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed till they come to be eaten by the moth?
Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that as though I were clay hast thou made me; and wilt thou cause me to return again unto the dust?
Job 13:12The things you remember are mere proverbs of ashes, your high-places are high-places of clay.
Job 23:3Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
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 →