Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

New American Standard Bible

“For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court together.

King James Version

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

Holman Bible

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him,
that we can take each other to court.

International Standard Version

He's not a man like me, so that I can answer him, or that we can enter into litigation with one another.

American Standard Version

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

Darby Translation

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.

Julia Smith Translation

For not a man as I; I shall answer him, we shall come together in judgment

King James 2000

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in trial.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"For [he is] not a mortal like me [that] I can answer him, [that] {we can come to trial together}.

Modern King James verseion

For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For he that I must give answer unto, and with whom I go to law, is not a man as I am.

NET Bible

For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

New Heart English Bible

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

The Emphasized Bible

For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:

Webster

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

World English Bible

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

Youngs Literal Translation

But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For he is not a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

as I am, that I should answer
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

him, and we should come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

יחד 
Yachad 
Usage: 141

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

31 yet thou will plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me. 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment. 33 There is no umpire between us who might lay his hand upon us both.



Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever has been, the name of it was given long ago, and it is know what man is. Neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

Romans 9:20

Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?

Psalm 143:2

And enter not into judgment with thy servant. For in thy sight no man living is righteous.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

1 Samuel 16:7

But LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For [LORD sees] not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but LORD looks on the heart.

Job 13:18-23

Behold now, I have set my case in order. I know that I am righteous.

Job 23:3-7

O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

Job 33:12

Behold, I will answer thee. In this thou are not just, for God is greater than man.

Job 35:5-7

Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who strives with his maker, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What are thou making? or thy work, He has no hands?

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation. For I will suddenly make them run away from it. And he who is chosen, him I will appoint over it. For who is like me, and who will app

1 John 3:20

Because if our heart should condemn us, that God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

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