Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the clay.

King James Version

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Holman Bible

I am just like you before God;
I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.

International Standard Version

Look! As far as God is concerned, I'm just like you are I, too, have been pinched off from a piece of clay.

A Conservative Version

Behold, I am toward God even as thou are. I also am formed out of the clay.

American Standard Version

Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

Amplified


“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.

Bible in Basic English

See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.

Darby Translation

Behold, before God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, I am according to thy mouth for God: from clay was I also broken off

King James 2000

Behold, I am according to your wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look, before God {I am like you}; I myself was also formed from clay.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, I am toward God even as you are; I also am formed out of the clay.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, before God am I, even as thou, for I am fashioned and made even of the same mould.

NET Bible

Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

New Heart English Bible

Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I!

Webster

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

World English Bible

Behold, I am toward God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, I am, according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
in God's
אל 
'el 
Usage: 114

קרץ 
Qarats 
Usage: 5

References

Fausets

Job

Morish

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job

5 Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand. 6 “Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the clay.
7 Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.

Cross References

Job 4:19

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like the moth.

Genesis 2:7

then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

Genesis 30:2

Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

Exodus 4:16

He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him.

Job 9:32-35

For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.

Job 10:9

Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?

Job 13:3

But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

Job 13:12

Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

Job 20:22

In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.

Job 23:3-4

Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

Job 31:35

Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

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