Job 40:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?”
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“Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 40:8 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
- Job 27:2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
- Job 32:1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- 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,
- Job 34:5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
- Job 34:17Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
- Job 35:2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
- 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.
- Isaiah 14:27The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
- 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.
- Isaiah 43:26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
- 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.”
- Galatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
- 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.
- Hebrews 7:18So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
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