Job 33:13

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Summary

Job 33:13

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Strive

Giveth not account

Bible References

Strive

How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?

Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against Jehovah.

Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it.

but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.

and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Giveth not account

Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth unto God.

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority.

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?