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Job 33

Job 33:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, I am according to thy βwish
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
ino God’s
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
stead: I also am γformed
qarats (Hebrew #7169)
to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)
KJV usage: form, move, wink.
Pronounce: kaw-rats'
Origin: a primitive root
out of the clay
chomer (Hebrew #2563)
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
KJV usage: clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
Pronounce: kho'mer
Origin: from 2560
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mouth.
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Job 9:32‑33• 32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
 33There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both. (Job 9:32‑33)
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cut.

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Ministry on This Verse

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I am.
Job 9:32‑35• 32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
 33There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
 34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
 35Then I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. (Job 9:32‑35)
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Job 13:3• 3But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with *God; (Job 13:3)
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Job 20:22• 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him. (Job 20:22)
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Job 23:3‑4• 3Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
 4I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments; (Job 23:3‑4)
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Job 31:35• 35Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation! (Job 31:35)
wish.
Heb. mouth.
in.
Gen. 30:2• 2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? (Gen. 30:2)
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Ex. 4:16• 16And he shall speak for thee unto the people; and it shall come to pass that he shall be to thee for a mouth, and thou shalt be to him for God. (Ex. 4:16)
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2 Cor. 5:20• 20We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God. (2 Cor. 5:20)
I also.
Job 4:19• 19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth! (Job 4:19)
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Job 10:9• 9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again. (Job 10:9)
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Job 13:12• 12Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire. (Job 13:12)
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Gen. 2:7• 7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)
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Gen. 3:19• 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen. 3:19)
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2 Cor. 5:1• 1For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Cor. 5:1)
formed.
Heb. cut.
• {v.6-7} He reminds Job of his own desire for such a person: “Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both” (chap. 9:33); “Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor” (chap. 16:21). (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)
• He, as well as Elihu, has a link with God. This seems to be the thought of the first part of the 6th verse. It reminds Job that God makes known His mind in a gentle way, that Job himself may learn that mind. (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, before *God I am as thouh; I also am formed outi of the clay.

JND Translation Notes

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h
Some have "I am from (or for) God according to what thou hast said."
i
Strictly, "nipped off," as by the potter.