Job 33:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 33:32-33 : 32 If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you. 33 If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
  • Ps 50:21 : 21 When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
  • Acts 10:26 : 26 But Peter helped him up, saying,“Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.”
  • Job 13:18 : 18 See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.
  • Job 23:4-5 : 4 I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
  • Job 32:1 : 1 V. The Speeches of Elihu(32:1-37:24)Elihu’s First Speech So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
  • Job 32:12 : 12 Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!
  • Job 32:14 : 14 Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

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  • Job 33:31-33
    3 verses
    81%

    31Pay attention, Job– listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

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

    33If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

  • Job 38:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

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

    4God’s questions to Job“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

  • 6Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

  • 22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

  • Job 23:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

  • 4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

  • 4You said,‘Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.’

  • 5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,

  • 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?’

  • Job 40:7-9
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    75%

    7“Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me!

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

    9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

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

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

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

  • Job 40:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

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

    3Then Job answered the LORD:

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

  • 16It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:

  • 1Elihu Invites Job’s Attention“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say!

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    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?

  • Job 8:5-6
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    73%

    5But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

    6if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous home.

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

  • 4I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.

  • 35Job’s Appeal“If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature– let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.

  • 5But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

  • 3Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

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

  • 15You will call and I– I will answer you; you will long for the creature you have made.

  • 3If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

  • 8Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!):

  • 7“Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

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

  • 1Job’s Confession Then Job answered the LORD:

  • 16God Is Impartial and Omniscient“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

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

  • 20I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

  • 8The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!

  • 1“Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

  • 4To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?

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

  • 13“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

  • 1Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job replied:

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