Job 33:32
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
Job 33:32 in other translations
| BSB | But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you. |
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| WEB | If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you. |
| ASV | If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee. |
| YLT | If there are words--answer me, Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee. |
| DARBY | If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee. |
| BBE | If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin. |
| Webster | If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. |
What does Job 33:32 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 33:29-33
Elihu shows that God's great and gracious design toward the children of men, is, to save them from being for ever miserable, and to bring them to be for ever happy. By whatever means we are kept back from the we shall bless the Lord for them at least, and should bless him for them though they be painful and distressing. Those that perish for ever are without excuse, for they would not be healed.
Job 33:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 33:32
- Job 22:5-9
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. …
- Job 15:4-5
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
- Job 27:5
God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
- Job 21:27
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
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Context
- Job 33:31
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
- Job 33:32
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
- Job 33:33
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Job 33:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que si tuvieres razones, respóndeme: habla, porque yo te quiero justificar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | S’il y a quelque chose à dire, réponds-moi; parle, car je désire que tu sois trouvé juste; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn du Worte hast, so antworte mir; rede, denn ich wünsche dich zu rechtfertigen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si autem habes quod loquaris, responde mihi: loquere, volo enim te apparere justum. |