Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

American Standard 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.

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 gave you mine attention, and behold, there was none of you that confuted Job, that answered his words; 13 That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man. 14 Now he hath not directed his words against me; and I will not answer him with your speeches. ...



Cross References

Jeremiah 9:23

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

Genesis 14:23

if from a thread even to a sandal-thong, yes, if of all that is thine, I take anything ...; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

Judges 7:2

The LORD said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the Mid'ianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, 'My own hand has delivered 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 to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 4:9

By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.

Job 12:2

Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!

Job 15:8-10

Hast thou listened in the secret council of +God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?

Job 19:6

Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

Job 19:21

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, 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 intelligent in their own esteem!

Isaiah 48:5

so I have long ago declared them to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear them; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.

Isaiah 48:7

they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

Ezekiel 28:3

behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! nothing secret is obscure for thee;

Zechariah 12:7

And Jehovah 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 over Judah.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.

1 Corinthians 1:19-21

For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29

But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things;

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

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