Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Is it with thee? he will requite it, if thou didst refuse, if thou shalt choose, and not I: and what thou knewest, speak.

New American Standard Bible

“Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it?
For you must choose, and not I;
Therefore declare what you know.

King James Version

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Holman Bible

Should God repay you on your terms
when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.

International Standard Version

"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!

A Conservative Version

Shall his recompense be as thou desire, that thou refuse it? For thou must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what thou know.

American Standard Version

Shall his recompense be as thou wilt, that thou refusest it? For thou must choose, and not I: Therefore speak what thou knowest.

Amplified


“Shall God’s retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it?
For you must do the choosing, and not I;
Therefore say what you [truthfully] know.

Darby Translation

Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused his judgment; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.

King James 2000

Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore declare what you know.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.

Modern King James verseion

Must He repay because you rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore speak what you know.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wilt thou not give a reasonable answer? Art thou afraid of anything, seeing thou begannest first to speak, and not I?

NET Bible

Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know.

New Heart English Bible

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

The Emphasized Bible

According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!

Webster

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

World English Bible

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

Youngs Literal Translation

By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
it, whether thou refuse

Usage: 0

or whether thou choose
בּחר 
Bachar 
Usage: 169

and not I therefore speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

32 Besides I shall see thou wilt teach it to me: if I did iniquity, I will not add. 33 Is it with thee? he will requite it, if thou didst refuse, if thou shalt choose, and not I: and what thou knewest, speak. 34 Men of heart will say to me, and a wise man heard to me.

Cross References

Job 33:32

If there be words, turn back to me: speak, for I desired to justify thee.

Psalm 135:6

All which Jehovah delighted in he did, in the heavens and in the earth, in the seas and all the depths.

Job 9:12

Behold, he will catch and who shall turn him? and who shall say to him, What wilt thou do?

Job 15:31

He being deceived shall not trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his compensation.

Job 18:4

He rent his soul in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed from its place?

Job 33:5

If thou shalt be able to turn back to me, set in order before me, stand forth.

Job 34:11

For the work of man shall he recompense to him, and a man shall find himself according to his way.

Job 41:11

Who anticipated me, and I will recompense? under all the heavens it is to me.

Psalm 89:30-32

If his sons shall forsake my law, and not go in my judgments;

Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the just shall be requited in the earth: much more the unjust one and the sinning.

Isaiah 45:9

Wo to him striving with him forming him! the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him forming it, What wilt thou make? and thy work, No hands to it?

Matthew 20:12-15

Saying, That these last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, having borne the burden and heat of the day.

Romans 9:20

Surely, O man, who art thou replying against God? Shall the formation say to him having formed, Why hest thou made me so

Romans 11:35

Or who first gave to him, and it shall be given back to him?

2 Thessalonians 1:6-7

Even though just with God to return pressure to them pressing you;

Hebrews 2:2

For if the word spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and bad instruction received the just payment of reward;

Hebrews 11:26

Having deemed the reproach of Christ greater riches than treasures in Egypt: for he looked to the payment of reward.

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