Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"So that you cannot claim, "We have found wisdom!' let God do the rebuking, not man;
New American Standard Bible
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God will
King James Version
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
Holman Bible
let God deal with him, not man.”
A Conservative Version
Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom. God may vanquish him, not man.
American Standard Version
Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:
Amplified
“Beware if you say,
‘We have found wisdom;
God thrusts Job down [justly], not man [for God alone is dealing with him].’
Bible in Basic English
Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.
Darby Translation
That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.
Julia Smith Translation
Lest ye shall say, We found wisdom: God will thrust him, not man.
King James 2000
Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God vanquishes him, not man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not a man.'
Modern King James verseion
that you do not say, We have found out wisdom. God has pushed him down, not man.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
lest ye should praise yourselves, to have found out wisdom: because it is God that hath cast him out, and no man.
NET Bible
So do not say, 'We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!'
New Heart English Bible
Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'
The Emphasized Bible
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom. GOD, must put him to flight, not man.
Webster
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
World English Bible
Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'
Youngs Literal Translation
Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 32:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Rebukes Job And His Three Friends
12 Indeed, I paid close attention to you all, but none of you were able to refute Job or answer his arguments convincingly. 13 "So that you cannot claim, "We have found wisdom!' let God do the rebuking, not man; 14 let him not direct a rebuke toward me. I won't be responding to him with your arguments.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:23
This is what the LORD says: "The wise man is not to boast in his wisdom; the strong man is not to boast in his strength; and the rich man is not to boast in his riches.
Genesis 14:23
that I will not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so you won't be able to say, "I made Abram rich.'
Judges 7:2
The LORD told Gideon, "You have too many soldiers with you for me to drop Midian into their hands, because Israel would become arrogant and say, "It was my own abilities that delivered me.'
Job 1:21
and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed."
Job 2:10
But he replied to her, "You're talking like foolish women do. Are we to accept what is good from God but not tragedy?" Throughout all of this, Job did not sin by what he said.
Job 4:9
They perish by the breath of God; they are consumed by the storm that is his anger.
Job 6:4
"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!
Job 12:2
"Truly, you are the people and wisdom will die with you!
Job 15:8-10
Have you listened in on God's secret council? Have you limited wisdom only to yourself?
Job 19:6
then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong, and trapped me with his net."
Job 19:21
"Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends, because God's hand has struck me.
Isaiah 5:21
"How terrible it will be for those who are wise in their own opinion, and clever in their own reckoning!
Isaiah 48:5
I told you these things long ago; I announced them to you before they happened so that you couldn't say, "My idol did them; my carved image or metal idol ordained them.'
Isaiah 48:7
They are created now, and not long ago; you didn't hear them before today, so you cannot say, "Yes, I knew them.'
Ezekiel 28:3
Look! You're wiser than Daniel, aren't you? No secret is too mysterious for you!
Zechariah 12:7
The LORD will deliver the tents of Judah first, so that neither the glory of the house of David nor the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem overshadows Judah.
John 19:11
Jesus answered him, "You have no authority over me at all, except what was given to you from above. That's why the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."
1 Corinthians 1:19-21
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject."
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
But God chose what is nonsense in the world to make the wise feel ashamed. God chose what is weak in the world to make the strong feel ashamed.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.