Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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 If thou canst, then give me answer: prepare thyself to stand before me face to face. 6 Behold, before God am I, even as thou, for I am fashioned and made even of the same mould. 7 Therefore, thou needest not be afraid of me, neither needest thou to fear that my authority shall be too heavy for thee.

Cross References

Job 4:19

How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth?

Genesis 2:7

Then the LORD God shope man, even of the mold of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life. So man was made a living soul.

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the earth whence thou wast taken: for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return."

Genesis 30:2

Then was Jacob wroth with Rachel saying, "Am I in God's stead which keepeth from thee the fruit of thy womb?"

Exodus 4:16

And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: he shall be thy mouth, and thou shalt be his God:

Job 9:32-35

For he that I must give answer unto, and with whom I go to law, is not a man as I am.

Job 10:9

O remember, I beseech thee, how that thou madest me of the mould of the earth, and shalt bring me into dust again.

Job 13:3

Nevertheless I am purposed to talk with the almighty, and my desire is to commune with God.

Job 13:12

Your remembrance shall be like unto the dust, and your pride shall be turned to clay.

Job 20:22

Though he had plenteousness of everything, yet was he poor, and therefore he is but a wretch on every side.

Job 23:3-4

O that I might see him and find him: O that I might come before his seat,

Job 31:35

O that I had one which would hear me. Lo, this is my cause: Let the almighty give me answer, and let him that is my contrary party, sue me with libel.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know surely if our earthy mansion wherein we now dwell were destroyed, that we have a building ordained of God, a habitation not made with hands, but eternal in heaven:

2 Corinthians 5:20

Now then are we messengers in the room of Christ: even as though God did beseech you through us. So pray we you, in Christ's stead, that ye be at one with God:

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