Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

New American Standard Bible

“Do not say,
We have found wisdom;
God will rout him, not man.’

King James Version

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

Holman Bible

So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;
let God deal with him, not man.”

International Standard Version

"So that you cannot claim, "We have found wisdom!' let God do the rebuking, not man;

A Conservative Version

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom. God may vanquish him, not man.

Amplified


“Beware if you say,
‘We have found wisdom;
God thrusts Job down [justly], not man [for God alone is dealing with him].’

Bible in Basic English

Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

Darby Translation

That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.

Julia Smith Translation

Lest ye shall say, We found wisdom: God will thrust him, not man.

King James 2000

Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God vanquishes him, not man.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not a man.'

Modern King James verseion

that you do not say, We have found out wisdom. God has pushed him down, not man.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

lest ye should praise yourselves, to have found out wisdom: because it is God that hath cast him out, and no man.

NET Bible

So do not say, 'We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!'

New Heart English Bible

Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'

The Emphasized Bible

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom. GOD, must put him to flight, not man.

Webster

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

World English Bible

Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'

Youngs Literal Translation

Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

God
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

נדף 
Nadaph 
Usage: 9

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job And His Three Friends

12 Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you. 13 Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man: 14 For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.



Cross References

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

Genesis 14:23

that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Judges 7:2

And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

Job 1:21

and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.

Job 2:10

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Job 4:9

By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Job 12:2

No doubt but ye are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.

Job 15:8-10

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

Job 19:6

Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause , And hath compassed me with his net.

Job 19:21

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Isaiah 48:5

therefore I have declared it to thee from of old; before it came to pass I showed it thee; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

Isaiah 48:7

They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

Ezekiel 28:3

behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;

Zechariah 12:7

Jehovah also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah.

John 19:11

Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.

1 Corinthians 1:19-21

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to nought.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29

but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

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