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Young's Literal Translation
Job 33:5
If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Refute me if you can.Prepare your case against me; take your stand.
Refute me if you can.Prepare your case against me; take your stand.
Hebrew Names Version
If you can, answer me; Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.
If you can, answer me; Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.
King James Version
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
English Standard Version
Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
New Century Version
Answer me if you can; get yourself ready and stand before me.
Answer me if you can; get yourself ready and stand before me.
New English Translation
Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!
Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!
Amplified Bible
"Answer me, if you can; Set yourselves before me, take your stand.
"Answer me, if you can; Set yourselves before me, take your stand.
New American Standard Bible
"Refute me if you can; Line up against me, take your stand.
"Refute me if you can; Line up against me, take your stand.
World English Bible
If you can, answer me; Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.
If you can, answer me; Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
If thou canst giue me answere, prepare thy selfe and stand before me.
If thou canst giue me answere, prepare thy selfe and stand before me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Respond to me if you can;Arrange yourselves before me, take your stand.
Respond to me if you can;Arrange yourselves before me, take your stand.
Berean Standard Bible
Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
Contemporary English Version
Now line up your arguments and prepare to face me.
Now line up your arguments and prepare to face me.
Complete Jewish Bible
So refute me, if you can; organize your words, take your stand!
So refute me, if you can; organize your words, take your stand!
Darby Translation
If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.
If thou canst, answer me; array [thy words] before me: take thy stand.
Easy-to-Read Version
Listen to me and answer if you can. Get your arguments ready to face me.
Listen to me and answer if you can. Get your arguments ready to face me.
George Lamsa Translation
If you can answer me, then prepare yourself and stand up before me.
If you can answer me, then prepare yourself and stand up before me.
Good News Translation
Answer me if you can. Prepare your arguments.
Answer me if you can. Prepare your arguments.
Lexham English Bible
"If you are able, answer me. Present your argument before me; take your stand.
"If you are able, answer me. Present your argument before me; take your stand.
Literal Translation
If you are able, answer me; set yourself in order before me. Stand up!
If you are able, answer me; set yourself in order before me. Stand up!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf thou cast, then geue me answere: prepare thy self to stode before me face to face.
Yf thou cast, then geue me answere: prepare thy self to stode before me face to face.
American Standard Version
If thou canst, answer thou me; Set thy words in order before me, stand forth.
If thou canst, answer thou me; Set thy words in order before me, stand forth.
Bible in Basic English
If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.
If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
If thou canst, answer thou me, set thy words in order before me, stand forth.
If thou canst, answer thou me, set thy words in order before me, stand forth.
King James Version (1611)
If thou canst, answere me, set thy wordes in order before me, stand vp.
If thou canst, answere me, set thy wordes in order before me, stand vp.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face.
If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
If thou canst, give me an answer: wait therefore; stand against me, and I will stand against thee.
If thou canst, give me an answer: wait therefore; stand against me, and I will stand against thee.
English Revised Version
If thou canst, answer thou me; set thy words in order before me, stand forth.
If thou canst, answer thou me; set thy words in order before me, stand forth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If thou maist, answere thou to me, and stoonde thou ayens my face.
If thou maist, answere thou to me, and stoonde thou ayens my face.
Update Bible Version
If you can, answer me; Set [your words] in order before me, stand forth.
If you can, answer me; Set [your words] in order before me, stand forth.
Webster's Bible Translation
If thou canst answer me, set [thy words] in order before me, stand up.
If thou canst answer me, set [thy words] in order before me, stand up.
New King James Version
If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand.
If you can answer me, Set your words in order before me; Take your stand.
New Living Translation
Answer me, if you can; make your case and take your stand.
Answer me, if you can; make your case and take your stand.
New Life Bible
Prove me wrong if you can. Get ready to answer me, and take your stand.
Prove me wrong if you can. Get ready to answer me, and take your stand.
New Revised Standard
Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If thou art able to answer me, Set in order before me - take thy stand!
If thou art able to answer me, Set in order before me - take thy stand!
Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.
If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face.
Revised Standard Version
Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand.
THE MESSAGE
"And if you think you can prove me wrong, do it. Lay out your arguments. Stand up for yourself! Look, I'm human—no better than you; we're both made of the same kind of mud. So let's work this through together; don't let my aggressiveness overwhelm you.
"And if you think you can prove me wrong, do it. Lay out your arguments. Stand up for yourself! Look, I'm human—no better than you; we're both made of the same kind of mud. So let's work this through together; don't let my aggressiveness overwhelm you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand.
"Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand.
Contextual Overview
1 And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and [to] all my words give ear. 2 Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate. 3 Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, And knowledge have my lips clearly spoken. 4 The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Mighty doth quicken me. 5 If thou art able -- answer me, Set in array before me -- station thyself. 6 Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed. 7 Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
If: Job 33:32, Job 33:33, Job 32:1, Job 32:12
set: Job 23:4, Job 23:5, Job 32:14, Psalms 50:21
stand: Acts 10:26
Reciprocal: Job 9:14 - choose Job 9:19 - who shall Job 13:19 - that will plead Job 34:33 - what
Cross-References
Genesis 30:2
And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'
And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'
Genesis 48:9
and Joseph saith unto his father, `They [are] my sons, whom God hath given to me in this [place];' and he saith, `Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I bless them.'
and Joseph saith unto his father, `They [are] my sons, whom God hath given to me in this [place];' and he saith, `Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I bless them.'
Ruth 4:13
And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son.
And Boaz taketh Ruth, and she becometh his wife, and he goeth in unto her, and Jehovah giveth to her conception, and she beareth a son.
1 Samuel 1:27
for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him;
for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him;
1 Chronicles 28:5
and out of all my sons -- for many sons hath Jehovah given to me -- He also fixeth on Solomon my son, to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel,
and out of all my sons -- for many sons hath Jehovah given to me -- He also fixeth on Solomon my son, to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel,
Isaiah 8:18
Lo, I, and the children whom Jehovah hath given to me, [Are] for signs and for wonders in Israel, From Jehovah of Hosts, who is dwelling in Mount Zion.
Lo, I, and the children whom Jehovah hath given to me, [Are] for signs and for wonders in Israel, From Jehovah of Hosts, who is dwelling in Mount Zion.
Hebrews 2:13
and again, `Behold I and the children that God did give to me.'
and again, `Behold I and the children that God did give to me.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If thou canst answer me,.... That is, when he had done speaking, after he had heard him out; if he thought he could make a reply to him, he gave him full liberty so to do, and tacitly suggests that he should give him an attentive and candid hearing, as he had requested of him:
set [thy words] in order before me; put them into the best form and order thou canst for thy self-defence, and level them at me; set them, as it were, in battle array against me; give them all the poignancy, strength, and three thou art capable of:
stand up; not out of veneration to him, but to denote freedom and boldness in himself; a presentation of himself with boldness, and standing and keeping his ground: the expressions are military; Mr. Broughton renders it, "stand to it".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If thou canst answer me - The meaning of this verse is this: “The controversy between you and me, if you choose to reply, shall be conducted in the most equitable manner, and on the most equal terms. I will not attempt, as your three friends have done, to overwhelm you with reproaches; nor will I attempt to overawe you as God would do, so that you could not reply. I am a man like yourself, and desire that if anything can be said against what I have to advance, it should be offered with the utmost fairness and freedom.”
Stand up - That is, “maintain your position, unless you are convinced by my arguments. I wish to carry nothing by mere authority or power.”
