Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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.

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 And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no [one] for Job [who] refuted, answering his words among you. 13 So do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God refute him, not a man.' 14 But he did not direct [his] words to me, and I will not answer him with your words.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says Yahweh, "[The] wise man must not boast in his wisdom, and the warrior must not boast in his might, [the] wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

Genesis 14:23

{that neither a thread nor} a thong of a sandal would I take from all that [belongs] to you, that you might not say, 'I made Abram rich.'

Judges 7:2

And Yahweh said to Gideon, "The troops that [are] with you [are] too many for me to give Midian into their hands; Israel will boast, saying, 'My hand has delivered me.'

Job 1:21

Then he said, "Naked I came out from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh's name be blessed."

Job 2:10

So he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but not receive the 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 anger they come to an end.

Job 6:4

for the arrows of Shaddai [are] in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Job 12:2

"Truly indeed you [are the] people, and wisdom will die with you.

Job 15:8-10

Have you listened in God's confidential discussion? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

Job 19:6

know then that God has wronged me and has surrounded me [with] his net.

Job 19:21

"Pity me, pity me, you my friends, for God's hand has touched me.

Isaiah 5:21

Ah! [Those who are] wise in their own eyes and have understanding {in their view}!

Isaiah 48:5

And I declared [them] to you from of old; I { announced} [them] to you before they came [to pass] so that you would not say, 'My idol did them, and my image and my cast image commanded them.'

Isaiah 48:7

Now they are created, and not from {of old}, and before today, and you have not heard them so that you could not say, "Look! I knew them."

Ezekiel 28:3

Look, are you wiser than Daniel, [so that] {no secret} is hidden [from] you?

Zechariah 12:7

And Yahweh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be exalted over Judah.

John 19:11

Jesus replied to him, "You would not have any authority over me unless it was given to you from above. For this [reason] the one who handed me over to you has greater sin."

1 Corinthians 1:19-21

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."

1 Corinthians 1:27-29

But the foolish [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong,

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks [himself] to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise.

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