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%

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

    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.”

  • Job 38:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

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

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

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

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

  • Job 23:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

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

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

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

  • 19 If 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
    3 verses
    75%

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

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

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

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

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

  • 19 Who 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!”

    3 Then Job answered the LORD:

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

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

  • 1 Elihu 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%

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

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

  • Job 8:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

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

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

  • 35 Job’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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 8 Elihu 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?

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

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

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

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

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

  • 8 The 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?

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

  • 10 Is 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.

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

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