Job 33:6 Meaning and Explanation
“Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Elihu reassures Job that he stands before him in God’s place as a fellow man, himself also formed from clay.
What Does Job 33:6 Mean?
Job had longed for someone to plead his case who would not overwhelm him. Elihu offers to be that voice “in God’s stead,” yet quickly adds that he too was pinched out of the clay, no higher than Job himself.
Here is a tender thing: a mediator who shares our nature. Elihu can stand for God and for Job because he belongs to both worlds, speaking of God yet made of the same dust. This longing for one who bridges heaven and our frailty finds its full answer in the One who took our flesh to stand between God and us.
Job 33:6 in the Original Language
homer (חֹמֶר), 'clay' -- the moist earth a potter shapes, an image of human frailty.
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What does Job 33:6 mean?
Elihu reassures Job that he stands before him in God’s place as a fellow man, himself also formed from clay.