Job 33:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 40:2 : 2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 The Lord Gives a Warning One who argues with his Creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter,“What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says,‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
  • Jer 50:24 : 24 I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.
  • Ezek 22:14 : 14 Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it!
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
  • Acts 1:7 : 7 He told them,“You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
  • Acts 9:4-5 : 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” 5 So he said,“Who are you, Lord?” He replied,“I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!
  • Rom 11:34 : 34 For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,
  • Deut 29:29 : 29 Secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.
  • Job 9:14 : 14 The Impossibility of Facing God in Court“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!
  • Job 15:25-26 : 25 for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty, 26 defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield!

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Job 9:3-4
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    3If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

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

  • Job 9:32-33
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    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 32:13-14
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    13So do not say,‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’

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

  • Job 40:2
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    2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

  • Job 34:23
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    23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

  • Job 14:3
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    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • Job 9:12
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    12If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him,‘What are you doing?’

  • Job 36:23
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    23Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him,‘You have done what is wicked’?

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    33Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know.

  • Job 34:13
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    13Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world?

  • Job 33:14
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    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 15:13
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    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

  • Job 9:14
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    14The Impossibility of Facing God in Court“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!

  • Job 13:19
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    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • Job 40:8
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    8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

  • Job 23:6-7
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    6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

    7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 23:13-14
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    13But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.

    14For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.

  • Job 35:6-7
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    6If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

    7If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?

  • Job 13:7-8
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    7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?

    8Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

  • Job 22:3-4
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    3Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?

    4Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you?

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    2I will say to God,‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’

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    17“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

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    3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

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

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    29But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

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    14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

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    31No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

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    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!

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    19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’

  • Rom 9:19
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    19You will say to me then,“Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”

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    2“Do you think this to be just: when you say,‘My right before God.’

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

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    3Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!

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    39Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?

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    3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

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    13Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself,“You will not hold me accountable.”

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    4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

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    11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

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    32If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.

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    10Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?