that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
Job 32:13 - Revised Standard Version Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Beware lest you say, We have found wisdom; God thrusts [Job] down [justly], not man [God alone is dealing with him]. American Standard Version (1901) Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man: Common English Bible Be careful you don’t say, “We’ve found wisdom; God, not a person, will defeat him.” Catholic Public Domain Version So that you will not say, "We have found wisdom," God has thrown him down, not man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lest you should say: We have found wisdom. God hath cast him down, not man. |
that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!
know then that God has put me in the wrong, and closed his net about me.
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
I gave you my attention, and, behold, there was none that confuted Job, or that answered his words, among you.
He has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your speeches.
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
I declared them to you from of old, before they came to pass I announced them to you, lest you should say, ‘My idol did them, my graven image and my molten image commanded them.’
They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
“And the Lord will give victory to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be exalted over that of Judah.
Jesus answered him, “You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.”
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, ‘My own hand has delivered me.’