Job 33:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַ֭דּוּעַ אֵלָ֣יו רִיב֑וֹתָ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּ֝בָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א יַעֲנֶֽה׃

Transliteration

maddûa' ʾēlāyw rîbôtā kî kāl-dəbārāyw lō' ya'ăneh

Grammar Details

• *maddûa'*: interrogative adverb - why
• *ʾēlāyw*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - against him
• *rîbôtā*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you contend/strive
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *kāl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *dəbārāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his words
• *lō'*: negative particle - not
• *ya'ăneh*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he answers

Word Meanings

• *maddûa'*: why/for what reason
• *rîbôtā*: you contend/you strive/you dispute
• *dəbārāyw*: his words/his matters/his affairs
• *ya'ăneh*: he answers/he responds/he replies

Referenced Verses

• Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
• Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
• Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Jer 50:24 : 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
• Ezek 22:14 : 14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
• Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
• Matt 20:15 : 15 {G2228} Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
• Acts 1:7 : 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
• Acts 5:39 : 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
• Acts 9:4-5 : 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
• Rom 11:34 : 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
• 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
• Ps 62:11 : 11 God hath spoken{H8765)} once; twice have I heard{H8804)} this; that power belongeth unto God.
• Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
• Job 9:14 : 14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
• Job 15:25-26 : 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. 26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: