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?

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! Let the potsherd contend with 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 the LORD.

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

But if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

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

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Giveth not account

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to 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 to God.

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the 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 to him, What doest thou?

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? is thy eye evil because I am good?

And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

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