Job 33:5

5 Si tu le peux, réponds-moi; résiste-moi en face, et tiens-toi bien.

Job 33:5 Meaning and Commentary

Job 33:5

If thou canst answer me
That is, when he had done speaking, after he had heard him out; if he thought he could make a reply to him, he gave him full liberty so to do, and tacitly suggests that he should give him an attentive and candid hearing, as he had requested of him:

set [thy words] in order before me;
put them into the best form and order thou canst for thy self-defence, and level them at me; set them, as it were, in battle array against me; give them all the poignancy, strength, and three thou art capable of:

stand up;
not out of veneration to him, but to denote freedom and boldness in himself; a presentation of himself with boldness, and standing and keeping his ground: the expressions are military; Mr. Broughton renders it, "stand to it".

Job 33:5 In-Context

3 Mes paroles exprimeront la droiture de mon cœur; mes lèvres diront franchement ce que je sais.

4 C'est l'Esprit de Dieu qui m'a fait; c'est le souffle du Tout-Puissant qui m'a donné la vie.

5 Si tu le peux, réponds-moi; résiste-moi en face, et tiens-toi bien.

6 Voici, je suis ton égal devant Dieu; j'ai été tiré de la boue, moi aussi.

7 Voici, ma terreur ne te troublera point, et ma majesté ne pèsera pas sur toi.