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Job 9:32 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Job 9:32 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 9 verse 32 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.”
Job 9:32 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 9:32
Job cries: 'For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.' The fundamental problem is ontological difference: God is not enosh (אֱנוֹשׁ, mortal man). The phrase 'come together in judgment' (navo yachdav ba-mishpat, נָבוֹא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּט) envisions legal proceeding between equals, impossible between Creator and creature. This verse articulates the incarnation's necessity: only a God-man can bridge the infinite gap between divine and human. Job's longing points toward Christ, fully God and fully man.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 9:32
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“O man”
“its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.”
“'What are you making?' or your work”
“that he should lie”
“for in your sight no man living is righteous.”
“Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!”
“Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
“and see. See the skies”
“I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.”
“he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen”