Job 33:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 33:13

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11 ^aHe puts my feet in the stocks,
He watches all my paths.’

12 “Look, in this you are not righteous.
I will answer you,
For God is greater than man.

13 Why do you ^acontend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.

14 ^aFor God may speak in one way, or in another,
Yet man does not perceive it.

15 ^aIn a dream, in a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls upon men,
While slumbering on their beds,

16 ^aThen He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction.

17 In order to turn man from his deed,
And conceal pride from man,

18 He keeps back his soul from the Pit,
And his life from¹ perishing by the sword.

19 “Man is also chastened with pain on his ^abed,
And with strong pain in many of his bones,

20 ^aSo that his life abhors ^bbread,
And his soul¹ succulent food.

21 His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones stick out which once were not seen.

22 Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
And his life to the executioners.

23 “If there is a messenger for him,
A mediator, one among a thousand,
To show man His uprightness,

24 Then He is gracious to him, and says,
‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit;
I have found¹ a ransom’;

Verse Comparison: Job 33:13

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American Standard Version
Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

Amplified® Bible
Why do you contend against Him? For He does not give account of any of His actions. [Sufficient for us it should be to know that it is He Who does them.]

Contemporary English Version
So why do you challenge God to answer you?

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

Good News Bible
Why do you accuse God of never answering our complaints?

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

New American Standard Bible
"Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?

New International Version
Why do you complain to him
that he answers none of man's words ?

New King James Version
Why do you contend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings?

Revised Standard Version
Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of my words'?

Young's Literal Translation
Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When `for' all His matters He answereth not?

New English Translation
Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s¹ words?

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