Job 40:8
Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
In Context
7Gird up now thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and do thou instruct me!
9Hast thou an arm like God's? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?
Cross References
Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;
Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job was his wrath kindled, because he accounted himself righteous rather than God.
Job 34:17Shall he, that hateth justice, govern? Wilt thou then condemn the just and mighty One?
Psalms 51:4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And in thy sight have I done evil; So that thou art just in thy sentence, And righteous in thy judgment.
Isaiah 28:18And your covenant with death shall be broken, And your agreement with the under-world shall not stand; When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, By it shall ye be beaten down.
Romans 3:4Far be it! yea, let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, “That thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art arraigned.”
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 →