Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusts him down, not man. Treasury of Scripture Lest Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is yours, lest you should say... Judges 7:2 And the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands... Isaiah 48:5,7 I have even from the beginning declared it to you; before it came to pass I showed it you: lest you should say, My idol has done them... Zechariah 12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first... We Job 12:2 No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. Job 15:8-10 Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself... Isaiah 5:21 Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Jeremiah 9:23 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might... Ezekiel 28:3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you: 1 Corinthians 1:19-21,27-29 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent... 1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. God Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away... Job 2:10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God... Job 4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinks up my spirit... Job 19:6,21 Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net... John 19:11 Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except it were given you from above...
Context Elihu Rebukes Job's Three Friends
1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. 3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. 4Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. 5When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. 6And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; why I was afraid, and dared not show you my opinion. 7I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding. 9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. 10Therefore I said, Listen to me; I also will show my opinion. 11Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst you searched out what to say. 12Yes, I attended to you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words: 13Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusts him down, not man. 14Now he has not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. 15They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 16When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;) 17I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show my opinion. 18For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constrains me. 19Behold, my belly is as wine which has no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. 21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles to man. 22For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. Parallel Verses 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.
King James Bible
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
Young's Literal Translation
Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.
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