Job 32:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So do not say,‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 9:23 : 23 The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
  • Ezek 28:3 : 3 Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.
  • Zech 12:7 : 7 The LORD also will deliver the homes of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah.
  • John 19:11 : 11 Jesus replied,“You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
  • 1 Cor 1:19-21 : 19 For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.” 20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching.
  • 1 Cor 1:27-29 : 27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something, 29 so that no one can boast in his presence.
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.
  • Gen 14:23 : 23 that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say,‘It is I who made Abram rich.’
  • Judg 7:2 : 2 The LORD said to Gideon,“You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘Our own strength has delivered us.’
  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
  • Job 2:10 : 10 But he replied,“You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
  • Job 4:9 : 9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
  • Job 12:2 : 2 “Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
  • Job 15:8-9 : 8 Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? 9 What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand? 10 The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.
  • Job 19:6 : 6 know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.
  • Job 19:21 : 21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Beware, those who think they are wise, those who think they possess understanding.
  • Isa 48:5 : 5 I announced them to you beforehand; before they happened, I predicted them for you, so you could never say,‘My image did these things, my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’
  • Isa 48:7 : 7 Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say,‘Yes, I know about them.’

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 32:14
    78%

    14Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

  • Job 33:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12Now in this, you are not right– I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

    13Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

    14Elihu Disagrees With Job’s View of God“For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.

  • Job 34:34-35
    2 verses
    75%

    34Men of understanding say to me– any wise man listening to me says–

    35that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.

  • Job 32:9
    74%

    9It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

  • Job 9:32-33
    2 verses
    74%

    32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

    33Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,

  • Job 32:12
    74%

    12Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!

  • Job 35:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

    15And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!

  • Job 28:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

    13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

  • Job 37:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

    24Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart.”

  • Job 12:13
    73%

    13“With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

  • Deut 32:27
    73%

    27But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say,“Our power is great, and the LORD has not done all this!”’

  • Job 15:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

    9What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand that we don’t understand?

  • Job 38:2
    73%

    2“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • Job 15:13
    73%

    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

  • Job 6:13
    73%

    13Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

  • Job 34:23
    73%

    23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

  • Job 12:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2“Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

    3I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

  • Job 36:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

    19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

  • Job 20:4
    72%

    4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

  • Job 33:17
    72%

    17to turn a person from his sin, and to cover a person’s pride.

  • Job 11:6
    72%

    6and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom– for true wisdom has two sides– so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

  • Job 24:22
    72%

    22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

  • Job 21:22
    71%

    22Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high?

  • Job 26:3
    71%

    3How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight!

  • Job 9:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him,‘What are you doing?’

    13God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.

  • Job 28:28
    71%

    28And he said to mankind,‘The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

  • Job 34:9
    71%

    9For he says,‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’

  • Job 36:5
    71%

    5Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.

  • Job 42:3
    71%

    3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Eccl 9:16
    71%

    16So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

  • Job 40:2
    71%

    2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

  • Eccl 8:17
    71%

    17then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

  • Job 13:9
    71%

    9Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?

  • Job 13:11
    71%

    11Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

  • Job 1:22
    71%

    22In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.

  • Jer 9:23
    71%

    23The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

  • Job 9:4
    71%

    4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength– who has resisted him and remained safe?

  • Job 7:17
    71%

    17Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

  • Job 36:23
    71%

    23Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him,‘You have done what is wicked’?