Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Should God repay you on your terms
when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.

New American Standard Bible

“Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.

King James Version

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

International Standard Version

"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!

A Conservative Version

Shall his recompense be as thou desire, that thou refuse it? For thou must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what thou know.

American Standard Version

Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.

Amplified


“Shall God’s retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it?
For you must do the choosing, and not I;
Therefore say what you [truthfully] know.

Darby Translation

Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused his judgment; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.

Julia Smith Translation

Is it with thee? he will requite it, if thou didst refuse, if thou shalt choose, and not I: and what thou knewest, speak.

King James 2000

Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore declare what you know.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.

Modern King James verseion

Must He repay because you rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore speak what you know.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wilt thou not give a reasonable answer? Art thou afraid of anything, seeing thou begannest first to speak, and not I?

NET Bible

Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know.

New Heart English Bible

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

The Emphasized Bible

According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!

Webster

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

World English Bible

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

Youngs Literal Translation

By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
it, whether thou refuse

Usage: 0

or whether thou choose
בּחר 
Bachar 
Usage: 169

and not I therefore speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

32 Teach me what I cannot see;
if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”
33 Should God repay you on your terms
when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.
34 Reasonable men will say to me,
along with the wise men who hear me,



Cross References

Job 33:32

But if you have something to say, answer me;
speak, for I would like to justify you.

Psalm 135:6

Yahweh does whatever He pleases
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the depths.

Job 9:12

If He snatches something, who can stop Him?
Who can ask Him, “What are You doing?”

Job 15:31

Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself in anger
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?

Job 33:5

Refute me if you can.
Prepare your case against me; take your stand.

Job 34:11

For He repays a person according to his deeds,
and He brings his ways on him.

Job 41:11

Who confronted Me, that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven belongs to Me.

Psalm 89:30-32

If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,

Proverbs 11:31

If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.


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Isaiah 45:9

“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker—
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?

Matthew 20:12-15

‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat!’

Romans 9:20

But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Romans 11:35

Or who has ever first given to Him,
and has to be repaid?

2 Thessalonians 1:6-7

since it is righteous for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

Hebrews 2:2

For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,

Hebrews 11:26

For he considered the reproach because of the Messiah to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, since his attention was on the reward.

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