Job 32:13 Do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.'

◄ Job 32:13 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Do not say, 'We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.'

English Standard Version
Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not a man.’

New American Standard Bible
"Do not say, 'We have found wisdom; God will rout him, not man.'

King James Bible
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So do not claim, "We have found wisdom; let God deal with him, not man."

International Standard Version
"So that you cannot claim, 'We have found wisdom!' let God do the rebuking, not man;

American Standard Version
Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lest you should say : We have found wisdom, God hath cast him down, not man.

Darby Bible Translation
That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.

Young's Literal Translation
Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

32:6-14 Elihu professes to speak by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and corrects both parties. He allowed that those who had the longest experience should speak first. But God gives wisdom as he pleases; this encouraged him to state his opinion. By attention to the word of God, and dependence upon the Holy Spirit, young men may become wiser than the aged; but this wisdom will render them swift to hear, slow to speak, and disposed to give others a patient hearing.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

13. This has been so ordered, "lest you should" pride yourselves on having overcome him by your "wisdom" (Jer 9:23, the great aim of the Book of Job); and that you may see, "God alone can thrust him down," that is, confute him, "not man." So Elihu grounds his confutation, not on the maxims of sages, as the friends did, but on his special commission from God (Job 32:8; 33:4, 6).