Job 32:13
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Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
In other translations
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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