Verse 32

For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 Whatever exists has already been given its name, and it is known what mankind is; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?'
  • Num 23:19 : 19 'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?'
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD told Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not see as man sees; man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
  • Job 13:18-23 : 18 See now, I have prepared my case; I know I will be vindicated. 19 Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish. 20 Only grant me these two things, so that I will not hide myself from You: 21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me. 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me. 23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal my transgression and my sin to me.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling. 4 I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me. 6 Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength. 7 There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 33:12 : 12 But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.
  • Job 35:5-7 : 5 Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. 6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against God? Even if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
  • 1 John 3:20 : 20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker, like a piece of pottery among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 Look, like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a permanent pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom from its land, and I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For who is like me, and who can summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?