Job 40:8
Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
In Context
7Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place.
9Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.
Cross References
Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness,
Job 32:2And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and was moved to indignation : now he was angry against Job, because he said he was just before God.
Job 34:17Can he be healed that loveth not judgment? and how dost thou so far condemn him that is just?
Psalms 51:4Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Isaiah 28:18And Sour league with death shall be abolished, and your covenant with hell shall not stand: when the overflowing scourge shall pass, you shall be trodden down by it.
Romans 3:4But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.
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 →