Job 9:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.
  • Rom 9:20 : 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?
  • Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
  • Job 13:18-23 : 18 See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right. 19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath. 20 Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face: 21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you. 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. 23 What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments. 5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me. 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 33:12 : 12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.
  • Job 35:5-7 : 5 Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you. 6 If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him? 7 If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
  • 1 John 3:20 : 20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?

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  • Job 9:33-35
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    33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.

    34 Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

    35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

  • Job 33:12-13
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    12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

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

  • Job 9:14-16
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    80%

    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.

    16 If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

  • 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.

  • Job 9:19
    79%

    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?

  • Job 9:1-3
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    78%

    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.

  • Job 23:5-7
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    77%

    5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

    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 40:8
    77%

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

  • Job 14:3
    76%

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

  • Job 34:23
    76%

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

  • Job 31:14
    75%

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

  • Job 13:2-3
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    74%

    2 The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you.

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

  • Job 9:31
    74%

    31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

  • Job 13:19
    74%

    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Job 10:2
    74%

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

  • Job 19:7
    73%

    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.

  • Job 16:21
    73%

    21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

  • Job 4:17
    73%

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

  • Job 12:3
    73%

    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?

  • Job 13:22
    73%

    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.

  • Job 33:5-6
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    5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

    6 See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.

  • Job 38:3
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    3 Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Ps 143:2
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    2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • Job 21:4
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    4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • Job 22:4
    72%

    4 Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

  • Job 40:2-3
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    72%

    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?

  • Job 34:5
    72%

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

  • Job 37:23
    72%

    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 9:11
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    11 See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

  • Job 41:10
    72%

    10 Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.

  • Isa 50:8
    71%

    8 He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

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

  • Job 33:9
    71%

    9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

  • Job 10:7
    71%

    7 Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

  • Job 7:17
    71%

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

  • 1 Sam 24:12
    71%

    12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.