Job 33:5

Modern

Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

Traditional

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

Literal

If you are able to refute me, arrange it before my face; station yourself.

Latin

Si potes, responde mihi, et adversus faciem meam consiste.

Hebrew

English

Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

Elihu invited Job to present his case, acting as if he were God or the judge Job had been seeking (9:32–35).

Job 33:32–33
But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
Job 32:12
I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
Job 13:18
See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
Job 23:4–5
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Job 32:1
So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
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.
Acts 10:26
But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
Job 32:14
But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.