Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Answer me then, if you can; stand up and argue your case before me. New Living Translation Answer me, if you can; make your case and take your stand. English Standard Version Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand. Berean Standard Bible Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me. King James Bible If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. New King James Version If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand. New American Standard Bible “Refute me if you can; Line up against me, take your stand. NASB 1995 “Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand. NASB 1977 “Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand. Legacy Standard Bible Respond to me if you can; Arrange yourselves before me, take your stand. Amplified Bible “Answer me, if you can; Set yourselves before me, take your stand. Christian Standard Bible Refute me if you can. Prepare your case against me; take your stand. Holman Christian Standard Bible Refute me if you can. Prepare your case against me; take your stand. American Standard Version If thou canst, answer thou me; Set thy words in order before me, stand forth. Contemporary English Version Now line up your arguments and prepare to face me. English Revised Version If thou canst, answer thou me; set thy words in order before me, stand forth. GOD'S WORD® Translation Answer me if you can. Present your case to me, and take your stand. Good News Translation Answer me if you can. Prepare your arguments. International Standard Version Answer me, if you can! Present your case! Take your stand in my presence! Majority Standard Bible Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me. NET Bible Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand! New Heart English Bible If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth. Webster's Bible Translation If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. World English Bible If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf you are able—answer me, "" Set in array before me—station yourself. Young's Literal Translation If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself. Smith's Literal Translation If thou shalt be able to turn back to me, set in order before me, stand forth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face. Catholic Public Domain Version If you can, answer me, and oppose me to my face. New American Bible If you are able, refute me; draw up your arguments and take your stand. New Revised Standard Version Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf you can answer me, then prepare yourself and stand up before me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If can you return an answer, be ready and stand before me OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If thou canst, answer thou me, Set thy words in order before me, stand forth. Brenton Septuagint Translation If thou canst, give me an answer: wait therefore; stand against me, and I will stand against thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elihu Rebukes Job…4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 5Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me. 6I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.… Cross References Isaiah 41:1 “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment. Isaiah 50:8 The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me! Isaiah 43:26 Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated. Jeremiah 2:9 Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children. 1 Samuel 2:10 Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.” Psalm 50:21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face. Psalm 35:23 Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord! Psalm 74:22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long. Proverbs 18:17 The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him. Proverbs 25:8-9 do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame? / Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence, Matthew 5:25 Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. Matthew 10:19-20 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. / For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Luke 12:11-12 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say. / For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.” Acts 24:10 When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense. Acts 26:1-2 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense: / “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews, Treasury of Scripture If you can answer me, set your words in order before me, stand up. If Job 33:32,33 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee… Job 32:1,12 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes… set Job 23:4,5 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments… Job 32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. Psalm 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. stand Acts 10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. Jump to Previous Able Array Cause Confront Forth Forward Order Prepare Refute Stand Station Thyself Words YourselvesJump to Next Able Array Cause Confront Forth Forward Order Prepare Refute Stand Station Thyself Words YourselvesJob 33 1. Elihu offers himself instead of God to reason with Job8. He excuses God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness 14. God calls man to repentance by visions, by afflictions, and by his ministry 31. He incites Job to attention Refute me if you can The word "refute" in this context is a call to challenge or disprove the speaker's argument. In Hebrew, the root word often implies a legal or formal dispute. Elihu, the speaker, is inviting Job to engage in a rational discourse. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern tradition of wisdom dialogues, where individuals would engage in intellectual debates to seek truth. The phrase "if you can" suggests a confidence in the speaker's position, yet it also opens the door for honest dialogue, emphasizing the importance of truth and understanding in resolving disputes. prepare your case and confront me Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Refuteהֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי (hă·šî·ḇê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again me if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you can; תּוּכַ֥ל (tū·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3201: To be able, have power prepare your case עֶרְכָ֥ה (‘er·ḵāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 6186: To set in a, row, arrange, put in order and confront me. לְ֝פָנַ֗י (lə·p̄ā·nay) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6440: The face Links Job 33:5 NIVJob 33:5 NLT Job 33:5 ESV Job 33:5 NASB Job 33:5 KJV Job 33:5 BibleApps.com Job 33:5 Biblia Paralela Job 33:5 Chinese Bible Job 33:5 French Bible Job 33:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 33:5 If you can answer me (Jb) |
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