Job 32:13
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
Job 32:13 in other translations
| BSB | So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’ |
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| WEB | Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’ |
| ASV | Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man: |
| YLT | Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man. |
| DARBY | That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom;God will make him yield, not man. |
| BBE | Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man. |
| Webster | Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. |
What does Job 32:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 32:6-14
Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he pleases; this encouraged him to state his opinion. By attention to the word of God, and dependence upon the Holy Spirit, young men may become wiser than the aged; but this wisdom will render them swift to hear, slow to speak…
Job 32:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 32:13
- Jeremiah 9:23
Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
- 1 Corinthians 1:27-29
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.
- 1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
- Job 4:9
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
- Job 1:21
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
- Job 2:10
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
- Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19-21
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
- Zechariah 12:7
The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
- Job 15:8-10
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
- Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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Context
- Job 32:12
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
- Job 32:13
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
- Job 32:14
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
Job 32:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque no digáis: Nosotros hemos hallado sabiduría: lanzólo Dios, no el hombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Afin que vous ne disiez pas: Nous avons trouvé la sagesse. ✶Dieu le fera céder, et non pas l’homme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Daß ihr nur nicht saget: Wir haben Weisheit gefunden. Gott wird ihn aus dem Felde schlagen, nicht ein Mensch! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ne forte dicatis: Invenimus sapientiam: Deus projecit eum, non homo. |