Job 32:13 “So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’”

Job 32:13

So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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;’

American Standard Version

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

Geneva Bible 1599

Lest ye should say, We haue found wisedome: for God hath cast him downe, and no man.

Darby Translation

That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.

Young's Literal Translation

Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.

Bible in Basic English

Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

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Cross references

“Lest”

Genesis 14:23 Judges 7:2 Isaiah 48:5 Isaiah 48:7 Zechariah 12:7

Genesis 14:23 · BSB

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Judges 7:2 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

Isaiah 48:5 · BSB

Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’

Isaiah 48:7 · BSB

They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’

Zechariah 12:7 · BSB

The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.

“We”

Jeremiah 9:23 Isaiah 5:21 1 Corinthians 1:27–29 1 Corinthians 3:18 Job 12:2 Job 15:8–10

Jeremiah 9:23 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Isaiah 5:21 · BSB

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

1 Corinthians 1:27–29 · BSB

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

1 Corinthians 3:18 · BSB

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

Job 12:2 · BSB

“Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will die!

Job 15:8–10 · BSB

Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?

“God”

Job 1:21 Job 2:10 Job 4:9 Job 6:4 Job 19:6 Job 19:21

Job 1:21 · BSB

saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Job 2:10 · BSB

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 4:9 · BSB

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

Job 6:4 · BSB

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Job 19:6 · BSB

then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

Job 19:21 · BSB

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

14But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

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