Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
That we may go to
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
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.
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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
31
You would still plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].
“For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court and judgment together.
“There is no arbitrator between us,
Who could lay his hand upon us both [would that there were].
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever exists has already been named [long ago], and it is known what [a frail being] man is; for he cannot dispute with Him who is mightier than he.
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Psalm 143:2
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
Numbers 23:19
“God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a 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 and fulfill it?
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks
Job 13:18-23
“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.
Job 23:3-7
“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
Job 33:12
“Look, let me answer you, in this you are not right or just;
For God is greater and far superior to man.
Job 35:5-7
“Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you.
Isaiah 45:9
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—
A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!
Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?
Jeremiah 49:19
See, one will come like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan against the enduring habitation [of Edom] and its watered pastures; for in an instant I will make
1 John 3:20
whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands].