But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
Parallel translations
- WEB for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.
- KJV Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
- NKJV Now he has not directed his words against me; So I will not answer him with your words.
- NASB “But he has not presented his words against me, Nor will I reply to him with your arguments.
- NLT If Job had been arguing with me, I would not answer with your kind of logic!
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Quick answer
God relents from the destruction He had threatened. It reveals the power of intercessory prayer and God's mercy.
Overview
In response to Moses' plea, God 'repents' of the disaster, sparing the nation. This does not mean God changed His mind out of ignorance, but that He governs His world in genuine response to the prayers He ordains. Faithful readers see here both God's mercy and the dignity He gives to intercession, fulfilled supremely in the prayers of Christ.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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