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Job 9:32
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For he is not a man like me, that I can answer him,that we can take each other to court.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
"God is not human like me, so I cannot answer him. We cannot meet each other in court.
For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
"For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him, That we may go to court and judgment together.
"For He is not a man, as I am, that I may answer Him— That we may go to court together!
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.
For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him,That we may go to court for judgment together.
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
God isn't a mere human like me. I can't put him on trial.
"For he is not merely human like me; there is no answer that I could give him if we were to come together in court.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
For God is not a man as I am, that I might answer him. and that we should come together for trial.
If God were human, I could answer him; we could go to court to decide our quarrel.
"For he is not a mortal like me that I can answer him, that we can come to trial together.
For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him; that we should come together in judgment;
For he yt I must geue answere vnto, and with whom I go to lawe, is not a man as I am.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.
For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
For he is not a man as I am, that I should answere him, and we should come together in iudgement.
For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am:
For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
Trewli Y schal not answere a man, which is lijk me; nether that may be herd euenli with me in doom.
For he is not a man as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
For [he is] not a man, as I [am], [that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.
"For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.
"God is not a mortal like me, so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.
For He is not a man, as I am, that I may answer Him, that we might go to trial together.
For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:
For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment.
"God and I are not equals; I can't bring a case against him. We'll never enter a courtroom as peers. How I wish we had an arbitrator to step in and let me get on with life— To break God's death grip on me, to free me from this terror so I could breathe again. Then I'd speak up and state my case boldly. As things stand, there is no way I can do it."
"For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, That we may go to court together.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
not a man: Job 33:12, Job 35:5-7, Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 16:7, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Isaiah 45:9, Jeremiah 49:19, Romans 9:20, 1 John 3:20
we should: Job 13:18-23, Job 23:3-7, Psalms 143:2
Reciprocal: Job 9:3 - he will contend Job 9:19 - who shall Job 10:4 - seest thou Job 13:22 - General Job 14:3 - bringest Job 19:7 - no judgment Job 22:4 - will he enter Job 31:14 - What then Job 33:6 - I am Job 34:23 - that he Job 40:2 - he that reproveth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For [he is] not a man, as I [am],.... For though the parts and members of an human body are sometimes ascribed to him, yet these are to be understood by an anthropopathy, speaking after the manner of men, there being something in him, which in a figurative sense answers to these; otherwise we are not to conceive of any corporeal shape in him, or that there is any likeness to which he is to be compared: he is a spirit infinite, immortal, immense, invisible, pure and holy, just and true, and without iniquity; whereas Job was but a man, a finite, feeble, mortal creature, and a sinful one; and therefore there being such a vast disparity between them, it was in vain to litigate a point with him, to plead his cause before him, or attempt to vindicate his innocence; the potsherds may strive and contend with the potsherds of the earth their equals, but not with God their Creator, who is more than a match for them; he sees impurity where man sees it not, and can bring a charge against him, and support it, where he thought there was none, and therefore it is a vain thing to enter the lists with him:
[that] I should answer him; not to questions put by him, but in a judicial way to charges and accusations he should exhibit; no man in this sense can answer him, for one of a thousand he may bring, and men are chargeable with; wherefore Job once and again determines he would not pretend to answer him, as he knew he could not, see Job 9:3;
[and] we should come together in judgment; in any court of judicature, before any judge, to have the cause between us heard, and tried, and determined; for in what court of judicature can he be convened into? or what judge is there above him, before whom he can be summoned? or is capable of judging and determining the cause between us? there is the high court of heaven, where we must all appear, and the judgment seat of Christ, before which we must all stand; and God is the judge of all, to whom we must come, and by whose sentence we must be determined; but there is no court, no judge, no judgment superior to him and his; there is no annulling his sentence, or making an appeal from him to another; there is no coming together at all, and much less "alike" p, as some render it, or upon equal terms; the difference between him and his creatures being so vastly great.
p ×××× "pariter", Junius & Tremellius, Drusius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For he is not a man as I am - He is infinitely superior to me in majesty and power. The idea is, that the contest would be unequal, and that he might as well surrender without bringing the matter to an issue. It is evident that the disposition of Job to yield, was rather because he saw that God was superior in power than because he saw that he was right, and that he felt that if he had ability to manage the cause as well as God could, the matter would not be so much against him as it was then. That there was no little impropriety of feeling in this, no one can doubt; but have we never had feelings like this when we have been afflicted? Have we never submitted to God because we felt that he was Almighty, and that it was vain to contend with him, rather than because he was seen to be right? True submission is always accompanied with the belief that God is RIGHT - whether we can see him to be right or not.
And we should come together in judgment - For trial, to have the case adjudicated. That is, that we should meet face to face, and have the cause tried before a superior judge. Noyes.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 9:32. For he is not a man as I am] I cannot contend with him as with one of my fellows in a court of justice.
