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Job 33:12

Job 33:12 is verse 12 of Job chapter 33, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

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King James Version

Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

World English Bible

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

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Job 33:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.

11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’

12 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 1:22

In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

Job 34:10

Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.

Job 34:11

For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

Job 34:12

Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

Job 34:17

Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

Job 34:18

who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

Job 34:19

who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

Job 34:23

For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.

Job 35:2

“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’

Job 36:22

Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?

Job 36:23

Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?

Ezekiel 18:25

Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

Romans 9:19

One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

Romans 9:20

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

Romans 9:21

Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

Job 32:17

I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.

Job 35:4

I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

Job 9:4

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Job 26:14

Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

Job 36:5

Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Job 40:2

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

Job 40:8

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Job 40:9

Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

Jeremiah 18:6

“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

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