Job 33:13
Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
In Context
12“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
14For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things belong to the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Job 9:14How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
Job 10:6that you enquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?
Job 40:2“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot amongst the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands’?
Jeremiah 50:24I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against the LORD.
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 →