Job 40:8
Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
In Context
7Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
9Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
Cross References
Job 27:2As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
Job 32:2And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and indignant. But he was angry against Job because he described himself to be just in the presence of God.
Job 34:17Is he that does not love judgment able to be corrected? And how can you so greatly condemn him who is just?
Psalms 51:4All day long your tongue thinks up injustice. Like a sharp razor, you have wrought deceit.
Isaiah 28:18And your deal with death will be abolished, and your pact with Hell will not stand. When the inundating scourge passes through, you will be trampled down by it.
Romans 3:4For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: “Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.”
Matthew Henry on Job 40:7-15
Divine Justice and Power; God's Dominion over the Proud. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:… Read the whole commentary →