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Job 40:8
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Would you really challenge my justice?Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself?
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
Would you say that I am unfair? Would you blame me to make yourself look right?
Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
"Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void? Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?
"Will you really nullify My judgment? Will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?
Will you really annul My judgment?Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Are you trying to prove that you are innocent by accusing me of injustice?
"Are you impugning my justice? Putting me in the wrong to prove yourself right?
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
"Are you trying to show that I am unfair? Are you trying to look innocent by saying that I am guilty?
Will you disannul my judgment? Will you even condemn me, that you may be justified?
Are you trying to prove that I am unjust— to put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?
"Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
Will you also set aside My judgment; will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?
Wilt thou disanulle my iudgment? Or, wilt thou condemne me, yt thou thy self mayest be made rightuous?
Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
Wilt thou also disanul my iudgement? Wilt thou condemne mee, that thou mayest be righteous?
Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?
And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
Wilt thou even disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Whether thou schalt make voide my doom, and schalt condempne me, that thou be maad iust?
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
"Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?
Will you say what I decide is wrong? Will you say that I have done wrong, that you may be made right?
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?
(40-3) Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
"Do you presume to tell me what I'm doing wrong? Are you calling me a sinner so you can be a saint? Do you have an arm like my arm? Can you shout in thunder the way I can? Go ahead, show your stuff. Let's see what you're made of, what you can do. Unleash your outrage. Target the arrogant and lay them flat. Target the arrogant and bring them to their knees. Stop the wicked in their tracks—make mincemeat of them! Dig a mass grave and dump them in it— faceless corpses in an unmarked grave. I'll gladly step aside and hand things over to you— you can surely save yourself with no help from me!
"Will you really annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Wilt: Psalms 51:4, Romans 3:4
disannul: Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 28:18, Galatians 3:15, Galatians 3:17, Hebrews 7:18
wilt thou condemn: Job 10:3, Job 27:2-6, Job 32:2, Job 34:5, Job 34:6, Job 35:2, Job 35:3
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 15:20 - Yea Job 4:17 - Shall mortal Job 6:26 - reprove Job 8:3 - God Job 11:5 - General Job 13:15 - but I will Job 13:18 - I know Job 15:6 - thine own Job 18:4 - shall the Job 19:7 - no judgment Job 33:12 - God Job 34:13 - Who hath given Job 34:17 - wilt Job 36:23 - Thou Psalms 39:10 - blow Ecclesiastes 3:18 - that God Isaiah 41:1 - let us Isaiah 43:26 - declare Isaiah 45:9 - unto him Jeremiah 36:29 - Thou hast Ezekiel 18:25 - way Ezekiel 26:14 - for I Ezekiel 33:17 - General Malachi 3:13 - What Matthew 20:13 - I do John 12:10 - General Acts 11:17 - what Romans 9:20 - who art
Cross-References
and in the vine were three branches; it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.
Then Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand."
For indeed I was stolen away from the land of the Hebrews; and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon."
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and there were three white baskets on my head.
The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.
And when they say to you, "Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter," should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?
It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh."
But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these:
The king answered Daniel, and said, "Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret."
But at last Daniel came before me (his name is Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god; in him is the Spirit of the Holy God), and I told the dream before him, saying:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?.... The decrees and purposes of God concerning his dealings with men, particularly the afflictions of them, which are framed with the highest wisdom and reason, and according to the strictest justice, and can never be frustrated or made void; or the sentence of God concerning them, that is gone out of his mouth and cannot be altered; or the execution of it, which cannot be hindered: it respects the wisdom of God in the government of the world, as Aben Ezra observes, and the particular dealings of his providence with men, which ought to be submitted to; to do otherwise is for a man to set up his own judgment against the Lord's, which is as much as in him lies to disannul it; whereas God is a God of judgment, and his judgment is according to truth, and in righteousness, and will take place, let men do or say what they please;
wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? Is there no other way of vindicating thine own innocence and integrity, without charging me with unrighteousness; at least saying such things as are judged by others to be an arraignment of my justice, wisdom, and goodness, in the government of the world? Now though Job did not expressly and directly condemn the Lord, and arraign his justice, yet when he talked of his own righteousness and integrity, he was not upon his guard as he should have been with respect to the justice of God in his afflictions; for though a man may justify his own character when abused, he should take care to speak well of God; and be it as it will between man and man, God is not to be brought into the question; and though some of his providences are not so easily reconciled to his promises, yet let God be true and every man a liar.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wilt thou disannul my judgment? - Wilt thou “reverse” the judgment which I have formed, and show that it should have been different from what it is? This was implied in what Job had undertaken. He had complained of the dealings of God, and this was the same as saying that he could show that those dealings should have been different from what they were. When a man complains against God, it is always implied that he supposes he could show why his dealings should be different from what they are, and that they should be reversed.
Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? - Or, rather, probably, “Wilt thou show that I am wrong because thou art superior in justice?” Job had allowed himself to use language which strongly implied that God was improperly severe. He had regarded himself as punished far beyond what he deserved, and as suffering in a manner which justice did not demand. All this implied that “he” was more righteous in the case than God, for when a man allows himself to vent such complaints, it indicates that he esteems himself to be more just than his Maker. God now calls upon Job to maintain this proposition, since he had advanced it, and to urge the arguments which would prove that “he” was more righteous in the case than God. It was proper to demand this. It was a charge of such a nature that it could not be passed over in silence, and God asks, therefore, with emphasis, whether Job now supposed that he could institute such an argument as to show that he was right and his Maker wrong.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 40:8. Wilt thou condemn me — Rather than submit to be thought in the wrong, wilt thou condemn MY conduct, in order to justify thyself? Some men will never acknowledge themselves in the wrong. "God may err, but we cannot," seems to be their impious maxim. Unwillingness to acknowledge a fault frequently leads men, directly or indirectly, to this sort of blasphemy. There are three words most difficult to be pronounced in all languages,-I AM WRONG.
