Job Chapter 33 verse 13 Holy Bible
Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
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Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?
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Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
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Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
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Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
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Why do you strive against him, Because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?
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Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When `for' all His matters He answereth not?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Why dost thou strive against him? Why dost thou insist on taking the attitude of one who contends with God, who would fain enter into a controversy with him, and force him to plead in his own defence? It is not alone his omnipotence that makes such conduct folly, but his remoteness, his inaccessibility. He cannot be forced to make answer; it is not his wont to do so; he giveth not account of any of his matters. It is presumptuous to suppose that God will condescend to reveal himself from heaven and make answer to thy overbold challenges.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) Why dost thou strive against him?--Job had not striven against God, he had only expressed his longing to come into judgment with Him (Job 23:3, &c.). Job was striving with and against the darkness that was round about His throne, not with the justice of God, which he entirely trusted. Some render the last clause of the verse, "For none can answer any of His words," but the Authorised Version seems preferable.
