Job 32:13

lest you⌃ should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12and I shall understand as far as you; and, behold, there was no one of you that answered Job his words in argument,

14And you⌃ have commissioned a man to speak such words.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:23that I will not take from all your goods from a string to a shoe-latchet, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich.

Job 1:21and said, I myself came forth naked from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, the Lord has taken away: as it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 4:9They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.

Job 12:2So then you⌃ alone are men, and wisdom shall die with you?

Job 19:6Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled me, and has raised his bulwark against me.

Isaiah 5:21Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing 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 →

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