Job 33:13

So, ◄why are you arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions’?/you should not be arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions.’► [RHQ]

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

In Context

12But what you have said is wrong, and I will tell you what you have said that is wrong. God is much greater than any human.

14God does speak to us in various ways, but we do not pay any attention to what he says.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:29“ There are some things that Yahweh our God has ◄kept secret/not revealed►, but he has revealed his laws to us, and he expects us and our descendants to obey them forever.”

Job 9:14“So, if God took me to court, what could I say [MTY] to answer him?

Job 10:6So, why do you [RHQ] continue to search for my faults? Why do you hunt for my sins?

Job 40:2“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, ◄you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?► [RHQ]”

Isaiah 45:9Terrible things will happen to those who argue with me, the one who created them. They are like [MET] a clay pot and I am like the one who made it; so they certainly cannot [RHQ] criticize me. A lump of clay certainly cannot [RHQ] argue with the one who shapes it to form a pot, saying, ‘Why are you making me like this?’ The pot cannot say ‘ You have no skill, because what you made has no handles!’

Jeremiah 50:24You people of Babylon, listen, because I have set a trap for you; you will be caught in that trap, because you fought against me.

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 →

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