Bible Language Cross References for the verse Job 38:31 in ERVEN
- 1 Then Job answered:
- 2 "Of course, I know that this is true. But how can a human being win an argument with God?
- 3 Anyone who chose to argue with him could not answer one question in a thousand!
- 4 God is so wise and powerful that no one could oppose him and survive.
- 5 When God is angry, he moves mountains before they know what happened.
- 6 He can shake the earth, and it will tremble down to its foundations.
- 7 With one command he can stop the sun from rising. He can lock up the stars and keep them from shining.
- 8 He alone made the skies, and he walks on the ocean waves.
- 9 "God made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades. He made the planets that cross the southern sky.
- 10 He does things too marvelous for people to understand. He does too many miracles to count!
- 11 When he passes by, I cannot see him. He goes right past me, and I don't notice.
- 12 If he takes something away, no one can stop him. No one can say to him, 'What are you doing?'
- 13 God will not hold back his anger. Even Rahab's helpers are afraid of him.
- 14 So I cannot argue with God. I would not know what to say to him.
- 15 I am innocent, but I cannot give him an answer. All I can do is beg my Judge for mercy.
- 16 Even if I called and he answered, I cannot believe he would listen to me.
- 17 He would just send storms to crush me. He would give me more wounds for no reason.
- 18 He would not let me catch my breath again. He would just give me more trouble.
- 19 I cannot defeat God. He is too powerful! I cannot take him to court for justice. Who could force him to come?
- 20 I am innocent, but anything I say makes me seem guilty. I am innocent, but if I speak, my mouth proves me wrong.
- 21 I am innocent, but I don't know what to think. I hate my own life.
- 22 So I say, 'Does it make any difference? God destroys the innocent as well as the guilty.'
- 23 Does God just laugh when a disaster kills innocent people?
- 24 Is it God who keeps the leaders from seeing when an evil person takes control? If it is not God, then who is it?
- 25 "My days are passing faster than a runner. They are flying by without any joy.
- 26 They go by as quickly as papyrus boats, as fast as an eagle swooping down on its prey.
- 27 "I could say, 'I will not complain. I will forget my pain and put a smile on my face.'
- 28 But the suffering still frightens me. I know that God will not see me as innocent.
- 29 I will be found guilty, so why should I even think about it?
- 30 Even if I scrubbed my hands with soap and washed myself whiter than snow,
- 31 God would still push me into the slime pit, and even my clothes would hate to touch me.
- 32 God is not a human like me, so I cannot argue with him. I cannot take him to court.
- 33 I wish there were someone who could listen to both sides, someone to judge both of us in a fair way.
- 34 I wish someone could take away the threat of God's punishment. Then he would not frighten me anymore.
- 35 Then I could say what I want without being afraid of him. But I cannot do that now.