Job 33:6
Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, || I have also been formed from the clay.
Literal Standard Version
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 you are able—answer me, || Set in array before me—station yourself.
7Behold, my terror does not frighten you, || And my burden on you is not heavy.
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And YHWH God forms the man—dust from the ground, and breathes into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becomes a living creature.
Genesis 30:2And Jacob’s anger burns against Rachel, and he says, “Am I in stead of God who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
Job 4:19Also—the inhabitants of houses of clay || (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, || They bruise them before a moth).
Job 10:9Please remember || That You have made me as clay, || And You bring me back to dust.
Job 13:12Your remembrances [are] allegories of ashes, || For high places of clay [are] your heights.
Job 23:3O that I had known—and I find Him, || I come to His seat,
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 →