Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why do you contend against him, that he will not answer all a person's words?
New American Standard Bible
That He does not give an account of all His doings?
King James Version
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Holman Bible
for not answering anything a person asks?
International Standard Version
Why are you arguing with him? He doesn't have to give explanations for what he does to you!
A Conservative Version
Why do thou strive against him because he does not give of any of his matters?
American Standard Version
Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
Amplified
“Why do you complain against Him?
That He does not answer [you with] all His doings.
Bible in Basic English
Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?
Darby Translation
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore didst thou contend against him? for he will not answer all his words.
King James 2000
Why do you strive against him? for he gives not account of any of his matters.
Modern King James verseion
Why do you fight against Him? For He does not give account for any of His matters.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Why dost thou then strive against him? Because he giveth thee no accounts of all his doings?
NET Bible
Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person's words?
New Heart English Bible
Why do you strive against him, because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, against him, hast thou contended? For, with none of his reasons, will he respond.
Webster
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
World English Bible
Why do you strive against him, because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?
Youngs Literal Translation
Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When for all His matters He answereth not?
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 33:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Rebukes Job
12 "Look, [in] this you are not right--I will answer you: Indeed, God is greater than a human being. 13 Why do you contend against him, that he will not answer all a person's words? 14 Indeed, God speaks in one [way], even in two, [yet] [someone] does not perceive it.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 40:2
"Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it."
Isaiah 45:9
Woe [to the] one who strives with his {maker}, a potsherd among potsherds of earth! Does [the] clay say to the one who fashions it, 'What are you making?' and 'Your work has no hands'?
Deuteronomy 29:29
"The hidden [things] {belong to Yahweh} our God, but the revealed [things] {belong to us} [to know] and to our children {forever}, [in order] to do all the words of this law."
Job 9:14
{How much less} can I myself answer him? [How] can I choose my words with him,
Job 15:25-26
Because he stretched out his hand against God, and he was arrogant to Shaddai;
Psalm 62:11
Once God has spoken; twice I have heard this: that strength [belongs] to God.
Isaiah 46:10
who from [the] beginning declares [the] end, and from before, [things] that have not been done, who says, 'My plan shall stand,' and, 'I will accomplish all my wishes,'
Jeremiah 50:24
I laid a bird snare for you, and you were caught, Babylon. But you yourself [did] not know. You were discovered and seized, because with Yahweh you measured yourself.
Ezekiel 22:14
Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong at the days [in] which I [am] dealing with you? I, Yahweh, I have spoken, and I will act!
Daniel 4:35
And all the dwellers of the earth are regarded as nothing, and he does {according to} his desire in the host of heaven and [among] the dwellers of earth, and there is not [one] who can hold back his hand, or {ask him}, 'What are you doing?'
Matthew 20:15
Is it not permitted for me to do whatever I want with [what is] mine? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?'
Acts 1:7
But he said to them, "It is not for you to know [the] times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority.
Acts 5:39
But if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you even be found fighting against God." So they were persuaded by him.
Acts 9:4-5
And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
Romans 11:34
"For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or are we attempting to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he [is, are we]?