Parallel Verses

Amplified


“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the clay.

King James Version

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Holman Bible

I am just like you before God;
I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.

International Standard Version

Look! As far as God is concerned, I'm just like you are I, too, have been pinched off from a piece of clay.

A Conservative Version

Behold, I am toward God even as thou are. I also am formed out of the clay.

American Standard Version

Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

Bible in Basic English

See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.

Darby Translation

Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, I am according to thy mouth for God: from clay was I also broken off

King James 2000

Behold, I am according to your wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look, before God {I am like you}; I myself was also formed from clay.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, I am toward God even as you are; I also am formed out of the clay.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, before God am I, even as thou, for I am fashioned and made even of the same mould.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I!

Webster

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

World English Bible

Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, I am, according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
in God's
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

קרץ 
Qarats 
Usage: 5

References

Fausets

Job

Morish

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job

5
“Answer me, if you can;
Set yourselves before me, take your stand.
6 
“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.
7
“Behold, I will not make you afraid or terrified of me [for I am only mortal and not God],
Nor should any pressure from me weigh heavily upon you.


Cross References

Job 4:19


‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.

Genesis 2:7

then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].

Genesis 3:19


“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 30:2

Then Jacob became furious with Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has denied you children?”

Exodus 4:16

Moreover, he shall speak for you to the people; he will act as a mouthpiece for you, and you will be as God to him [telling him what I say to you].

Job 9:32-35


“For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court and judgment together.

Job 10:9


‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
So will You turn me into dust again?

Job 13:3


“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

Job 13:12


“Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes;
Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay.

Job 20:22


“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].

Job 23:3-4


“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!

Job 31:35


“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us; we [as Christ’s representatives] plead with you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God.

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