Job 40:8
Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, || That you may be righteous?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
In Context
7“Now gird your loins as a man, || I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
9And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
Cross References
Job 27:2“God lives! He turned aside my judgment, || And the Mighty—He made my soul bitter.
Job 32:2and the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite burns, of the family of Ram; his anger has burned against Job, because of his justifying himself more than God;
Job 34:17Indeed, does one hating justice govern? Or do you condemn the Most Just?
Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, I have sinned, || And done evil in Your eyes, || So that You are righteous in Your words, || You are pure in Your judging.
Isaiah 28:18And your covenant with death has been annulled, || And your provision with Sheol does not stand, || An overflowing scourge, when it passes over, || Then you have been to it for a treading-place.
Romans 3:4Let it not be! And let God become true, and every man false, according as it has been written: “That You may be declared righteous in Your words, and may overcome in Your being 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 →