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Job 33:6

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

KJV

Ecce, et me sicut et te fecit Deus, et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum.

Vulgate

ἐκ πηλοῦ διήρτισαι σὺ ὡς καὶ ἐγώ· ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ διηρτίσμεθα.

LXX

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

ASV

הֵן אֲנִ֣י כְ/פִ֣י/ךָ לָ/אֵ֑ל מֵ֝/חֹ֗מֶר קֹרַ֥צְתִּי גַם אָֽנִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
חֹ֖מֶר
chmr
noun · 31×
י
y
noun · 496×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
קֹרַ֥צְתִּי
qrtsty
verb · 5×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 5:20 — Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
  • Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • Job 4:19 — How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
  • Job 4:19 — How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
  • Job 10:9 — Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
  • Job 31:35 — Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.