Job 33:12 Cross References - BBE

¹² Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

²² In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.

⁴ He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

¹⁴ See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

¹⁷ I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:

¹⁰ Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong. ¹¹ For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways. ¹² Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

¹⁷ How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? ¹⁸ He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; ¹⁹ Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

²³ For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

² Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

⁴ I will make answer to you and to your friends:

⁵ Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.

²² Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him? ²³ Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

² Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.

⁸ Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right? ⁹ Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

²⁰ There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

⁶ O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel.

²⁵ But you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Give ear, now, O children of Israel; is my way not equal? are not your ways unequal?

¹⁹ But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose? ²⁰ But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so? ²¹ Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?