Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.

King James Version

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Holman Bible

Should God repay you on your terms
when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.

International Standard Version

"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!

A Conservative Version

Shall his recompense be as thou desire, that thou refuse it? For thou must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what thou know.

American Standard Version

Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.

Amplified


“Shall God’s retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it?
For you must do the choosing, and not I;
Therefore say what you [truthfully] know.

Darby Translation

Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused his judgment; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.

Julia Smith Translation

Is it with thee? he will requite it, if thou didst refuse, if thou shalt choose, and not I: and what thou knewest, speak.

King James 2000

Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore declare what you know.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.

Modern King James verseion

Must He repay because you rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore speak what you know.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wilt thou not give a reasonable answer? Art thou afraid of anything, seeing thou begannest first to speak, and not I?

NET Bible

Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know.

New Heart English Bible

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

The Emphasized Bible

According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!

Webster

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

World English Bible

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

Youngs Literal Translation

By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
it, whether thou refuse

Usage: 0

or whether thou choose
בּחר 
Bachar 
Usage: 169

and not I therefore speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

32 Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?
33 “Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.
34 “Men of understanding will say to me,
And a wise man who hears me,



Cross References

Job 33:32

“Then if you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.

Psalm 135:6

Whatever the Lord pleases, He does,
In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

Job 9:12

“Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

Job 15:31

“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his reward.

Job 18:4

“O you who tear yourself in your anger—
For your sake is the earth to be abandoned,
Or the rock to be moved from its place?

Job 33:5

Refute me if you can;
Array yourselves before me, take your stand.

Job 34:11

“For He pays a man according to his work,
And makes him find it according to his way.

Job 41:11

“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

Psalm 89:30-32

“If his sons forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,

Proverbs 11:31

If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

Isaiah 45:9

“Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker—
An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth!
Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?

Matthew 20:12-15

saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

Romans 9:20

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?

Romans 11:35

Or who has first given to Him that it might be paid back to him again?

2 Thessalonians 1:6-7

For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Hebrews 2:2

For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,

Hebrews 11:26

considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.

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