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Job 33:5 KJV
Job · chapter 33 · verse 5
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.Job 33:5 · King James Version
Job 33:5 in context
3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
4The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
5If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
6Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answershûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- canstyâkôlto be able, literally or morallyH3201 →
- orderʻârakto set in a rowH6186 →
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Several arguments Elihu here uses to persuade Job not only to give him a patient hearing, but to believe that he designed him a good office, and to take it kindly, and be willing to receive the instructions he was now about to give him. Let Job consider, 1. That Elihu does not join with his three friends against him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7