Parallel Verses

World English Bible

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

New American Standard Bible

“For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court together.

King James Version

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

Holman Bible

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him,
that we can take each other to court.

International Standard Version

He's not a man like me, so that I can answer him, or that we can enter into litigation with one another.

A Conservative Version

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

American Standard Version

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

Amplified


“For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court and judgment together.

Bible in Basic English

For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

Darby Translation

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.

Julia Smith Translation

For not a man as I; I shall answer him, we shall come together in judgment

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"For [he is] not a mortal like me [that] I can answer him, [that] {we can come to trial together}.

Modern King James verseion

For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

New Heart English Bible

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

The Emphasized Bible

For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:

Webster

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

Youngs Literal Translation

But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For he is not a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

as I am, that I should answer
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

him, and we should come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

יחד 
Yachad 
Usage: 141

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me. 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment. 33 There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.



Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

Romans 9:20

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Psalm 143:2

Don't enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

1 Samuel 16:7

But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."

Job 13:18-23

See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.

Job 23:3-7

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

Job 33:12

"Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.

Job 35:5-7

Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who strives with his Maker -- a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'

Jeremiah 49:19

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd who will stand before me?

1 John 3:20

because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

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