Job 40:8

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“Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?”

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BSBPD

“Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 40:8 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
  2. Job 27:2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
  3. Job 32:1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
  4. Job 32:2This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
  5. Job 34:5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
  6. Job 34:17Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
  7. Job 35:2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
  8. Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
  9. Isaiah 14:27The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
  10. Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
  11. Isaiah 43:26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
  12. Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
  13. Galatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
  14. Galatians 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
  15. Hebrews 7:18So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

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