Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Answer me, if you can;
Set yourselves before me, take your stand.
New American Standard Bible
Array yourselves before me, take your stand.
King James Version
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
Holman Bible
Prepare
International Standard Version
Answer me, if you can! Present your case! Take your stand in my presence!
A Conservative Version
If thou can, answer thou me. Set [thy words] in order before me. Stand forth.
American Standard Version
If thou canst, answer thou me; Set thy words in order before me, stand forth.
Bible in Basic English
If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.
Darby Translation
If thou canst, answer me; array thy words before me: take thy stand.
Julia Smith Translation
If thou shalt be able to turn back to me, set in order before me, stand forth.
King James 2000
If you can answer me, set your words in order before me, stand up.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"If you are able, answer me. Present [your argument] {before me}; take your stand.
Modern King James verseion
If you can, answer me; set yourself in order before me, stand up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If thou canst, then give me answer: prepare thyself to stand before me face to face.
NET Bible
Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!
New Heart English Bible
If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.
The Emphasized Bible
If thou art able to answer me, Set in order before me - take thy stand!
Webster
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
World English Bible
If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.
Youngs Literal Translation
If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 33:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Rebukes Job
4
“The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of
“Answer me, if you can;
Set yourselves before me, take your stand.
“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.
Names
Cross References
Job 13:18
“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.
Job 23:4-5
“I would present my cause before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.
Job 32:1
So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes [and could not be persuaded otherwise by them].
Job 32:12
“I even paid close attention to [what] you [said],
Indeed, not one of you convinced Job [nor could you refute him],
Not one of you supplied [satisfactory] answers to his words.
Job 32:14
“Now Job has not directed his words against me [therefore I have no reason to be offended],
Nor will I answer him with arguments like yours. [I speak for truth, not for revenge.]
Job 33:32-33
“If you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.
Psalm 50:21
“These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you.
Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.
Acts 10:26
But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am only a man.”