Job 32:13
So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
In Context
12I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
14But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
Cross References
Genesis 14:23that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
Job 12:2“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!
Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
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 →