Not a thread or even a sandal strap of all that is yours will I take, so you will not say, ‘I’ve made Abram rich!’
Job 32:13 - Tree of Life Version Lest you should say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God refute 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. |
Not a thread or even a sandal strap of all that is yours will I take, so you will not say, ‘I’ve made Abram rich!’
Then he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. Adonai gave and Adonai has taken away; blessed be the Name of Adonai.”
“Have pity on me my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
He said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Should we accept the good from God and not accept the bad?” Through all this Job did not sin with his lips.
then let briars come up instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
I gave you my full attention. But behold, no one proved Job wrong; none among you, answered his statements.
Job has not directed his words to me and I will not respond to him with your arguments.
By the breath of God they perish; by the blast of His anger they vanish.
For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
So I foretold it to you long ago. before it came about I made you hear, lest you should say, ‘My idol did them, my carved image, yes, my molded image commanded them.’
They are created now, not long ago. Before today you had not heard them. So you will not say, ‘Sure, I knew them.’
Oy to those who are wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight!
But let one who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows Me. For I am Adonai who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth. For in these things I delight.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Adonai also will save the tents of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and the honor of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not exceed that of Judah.
Yeshua answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it hadn’t been given to you from above. For this reason, the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so he may become wise.
But Adonai said to Gideon, “Too many are the people who are with you, for Me to give the Midianites into their hand. Otherwise Israel would glorify itself against Me saying, ‘My own hand has delivered me.’