Job 33:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:22 : 22 In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.
  • Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
  • Job 26:14 : 14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
  • Job 32:17 : 17 I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:
  • Job 34:10-12 : 10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong. 11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways. 12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
  • Job 34:17-19 : 17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? 18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; 19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
  • Job 34:23 : 23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.
  • Job 35:2 : 2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
  • Job 35:4 : 4 I will make answer to you and to your friends:
  • Job 36:5 : 5 Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.
  • Job 36:22-23 : 22 Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him? 23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
  • Job 40:8-9 : 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld. 9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.
  • Jer 18:6 : 6 O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel.
  • Ezek 18:25 : 25 But you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Give ear, now, O children of Israel; is my way not equal? are not your ways unequal?
  • Rom 9:19-21 : 19 But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose? 20 But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so? 21 Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?

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  • 13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

  • Job 9:32-33
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    32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

    33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.

  • 17 May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

  • 2 Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

  • 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • Job 9:1-3
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    1 And Job made answer and said,

    2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

    3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

  • 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • 23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • Job 9:14-15
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    14 How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

    15 Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

  • 3 Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Job 32:13-14
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    13 Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

    14 I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

  • 5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

  • Job 23:6-7
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    6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 40:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1 Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

    2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

    3 Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

  • 14 How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

  • 3 But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

  • 14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

  • 22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • 32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

  • 19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

  • 23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

  • Job 11:6-7
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    6 And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!

    7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

  • 2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • Job 34:10-12
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    10 Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

    11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

    12 Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

  • 7 Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

  • 3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

  • 11 He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.

  • 3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

  • 5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • 5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

  • 17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • Job 35:4-5
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    4 I will make answer to you and to your friends:

    5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

  • 23 Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

  • 8 But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

  • 3 Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

  • 33 ...

  • 12 Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

  • 9 It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.