Parallel Verses

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.

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.

A Conservative Version

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

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 you'll still drop me into the Pit, and my own clothes will despise me. 32 He's not a man like me, so that I can answer him, or that we can enter into litigation with one another. 33 There is not yet a mediator between us, who would set his hand on the two of us,



Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever exists has been named already; people know what it means to be human and a person cannot defeat one who is more powerful than he.

Romans 9:20

On the contrary, who are you mere man that you are to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Psalm 143:2

Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person is righteous in your sight.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human male he doesn't lie, nor is he a human being he never vacillates. Once he speaks up, he's going to act, isn't he? Once he makes a promise, he'll fulfill it, won't he?

1 Samuel 16:7

The LORD told Samuel, "Don't look at his appearance or his height, for I've rejected him. Truly, God does not see what man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart."

Job 13:18-23

"Look, now! I've prepared my case for court. I know that I'm going to win.

Job 23:3-7

If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat.

Job 33:12

"You aren't right about this; My response is that God is greater than human beings.

Job 35:5-7

"Observe the heavens! Take a look around! Look! The clouds are higher than you, aren't they?

Isaiah 45:9

"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!

Jeremiah 49:19

Look, like a lion comes up from the thicket of the Jordan to a pasture that grows year round, so I'll drive them away from her in an instant, and I'll appoint whomever is chosen over her. Indeed, who is like me? Who gives me counsel? Who is the shepherd who will stand against me?"

1 John 3:20

If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.

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