Job 9:32

Translations

Modern

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

Traditional

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

Literal

For He is not a man like I am, that I may answer Him, that we would come together into judgment.

Latin

Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo; nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.

Original

Hebrew

English

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

Notes

Job 9:32–33

A mediator does not judge God and man. Instead, the mediator helps bring them together (see 16:19–21).

Job 9:1–35

Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case.

It includes:

A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32).
The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20).
A "mediator" (9:33–34).
A question of accusation (9:12).
A legal sentence (9:22).
A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
Psalm 143:2
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Job 23:3–7
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
1 John 3:20
Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
Job 33:12
Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
Job 13:18–23
See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
Job 35:5–7
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

Glossary

Book of Job Mediate, Mediator

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Despondency In God: Glory of God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Intercession of Man with God

Job 9:32

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