Job 33:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.”

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BSBPD

“I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> , according to thy word, for God, From the clay I--I also, have been formed.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 33:6 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  2. Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  3. Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
  4. Exodus 4:16He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
  5. Job 4:19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
  6. Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
  7. Job 10:9Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
  8. Job 13:3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
  9. Job 13:12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
  10. Job 20:22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
  11. Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
  12. Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
  13. 2 Corinthians 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
  14. 2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

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