Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.
Job 9:32 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgement. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, And we should come together in judgment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For [God] is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in court. American Standard Version (1901) For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment. Common English Bible God is not a man like me—someone I could answer— so that we could come together in court. Catholic Public Domain Version For even I would not answer a man who were like myself, nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment. |
Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?
If we speak of the strength of the mighty, lo, he is there! And if of judgement, who will appoint me a time?
If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
And enter not into judgement with thy servant; For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago, and it is known that it is man: neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of Jordan against the strong habitation: but I will suddenly make him run away from her; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over her: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?
God is not a man, that he should lie; Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
whereinsoever our heart condemn us; because God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.