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Job 32:12–14

12 And as long as I thought you said some thing, I considered: but, as I see, there is none of you that can convince Job, and answer his words.

13 Lest you should say: We have found wisdom, God hath cast him down, not man.

14 He hath spoken nothing to me, and I will not answer him according to your words.

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Job 32:12–14 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 I gave you my full attention.

But not one of you has proved Job wrong;

none of you has answered his arguments.

13 Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;

let God, not a man, refute him.’

14 But Job has not marshaled his words against me,

and I will not answer him with your arguments.

Job 32:12–14 — English Standard Version (ESV)

12 I gave you my attention,

and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Job

or who answered his words.

13 Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom;

God may vanquish him, not a man.’

14 He has not directed his words against me,

and I will not answer him with your speeches.

Job 32:12–14 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 Yea, I attended unto you,

And, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job,

Or that answered his words:

13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom:

God thrusteth him down, not man.

14 Now he hath not directed his words against me:

Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

Job 32:12–14 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 I have listened,

but not one of you has refuted Job

or answered his arguments.

13 And don’t tell me, ‘He is too wise for us.

Only God can convince him.’

14 If Job had been arguing with me,

I would not answer with your kind of logic!

Job 32:12–14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 I paid close attention to you;

And surely not one of you convinced Job,

Or answered his words—

13 Lest you say,

‘We have found wisdom’;

God will vanquish him, not man.

14 Now he has not directed his words against me;

So I will not answer him with your words.

Job 32:12–14 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 I paid close attention to you.

But not one of you has proved Job wrong;

none of you has answered his arguments.

13 Don’t say, ‘We have found wisdom;

only God will show Job to be wrong, not people.’

14 Job has not spoken his words against me,

so I will not use your arguments to answer Job.

Job 32:12–14 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 Yea, I attended unto you,

And, behold, there was none that convinced Job,

Or that answered his words, among you.

13 Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom;

God may vanquish him, not man:

14 For he hath not directed his words against me;

Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

Job 32:12–14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 Yea, I gave you mine attention, and behold, there was none of you that confuted Job, that answered his words; 13 That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; •God will make him yield, not man. 14 Now he hath not directed his words against me; and I will not answer him with your speeches. …

Job 32:12–14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 I’ve paid close attention to you, 

but none of you refuted Job. 

None of you has an answer to what he says. 

13 So don’t say, ‘We’ve found wisdom. 

Let God, not humans, defeat him.’ 

14 Job did not choose his words to refute me, 

so I won’t answer him with your speeches. 

Job 32:12–14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 I paid close attention to you.

Yet no one proved Job wrong;

not one of you refuted his arguments.

13 So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;

let God deal with him, not man.”

14 But Job has not directed his argument to me,

and I will not respond to him with your arguments.

Job 32:12–14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 I gave you my attention,

but there was in fact no one that confuted Job,

no one among you that answered his words.

13 Yet do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;

God may vanquish him, not a human.’

14 He has not directed his words against me,

and I will not answer him with your speeches.

Job 32:12–14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 And I directed my attention to you;

and, look, there is no one for Job who refuted,

answering his words among you.

13 So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;

let God refute him, not a man.’

14 But he did not direct his words to me,

and I will not answer him with your words.

Job 32:12–14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 I paid careful attention to you.

But not one of you has proved that Job is wrong.

None of you has answered his arguments.

13 Don’t claim, ‘We have enough wisdom to answer Job.’

Let God, not a mere man, prove that he’s wrong.

14 Job hasn’t directed his words against me.

I won’t answer him with your arguments.

Job 32:12–14 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 “I even paid close attention to you;

Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job,

Not one of you who answered his words.

13 “Do not say,

‘We have found wisdom;

God will rout him, not man.’

14 “For he has not arranged his words against me,

Nor will I reply to him with your arguments.


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