Job 40:8

Job 40:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
• New International Version (NIV)“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

Context of Job 40:8

6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, saying, 7“Now gird up your loins (prepare yourself) like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me. 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? 9Have you an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His? 10“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity [since you question the Almighty], And array yourself with honor and majesty.

Job 40:8 word by word

הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wilt thou also disannulפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• my judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• wilt thou condemnרָשַׁעrâsha‛ · be wickedH7561
• me, that thou mayest be righteousצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663

Cross-references for Job 40:8

• Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, have I sinned And done that which is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence] And faultless in Your judgment.
• Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be found true [as He will be], though every person be found a liar, just as it is written [in Scripture], “That You may be justified in Your words, And prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].”
• Isaiah 14:27For the Lord of hosts has decided and planned, and who can annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
• Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be annulled, And your agreement with Sheol (the place of the dead) will not stand; When the overwhelming scourge passes through, Then you will become its trampling ground.
• Galatians 3:15Brothers and sisters, I speak in terms of human relations: even though a last will and testament is just a human covenant, yet when it has been signed and made legally binding, no one sets it aside or adds to it [modifying it in some way].
• Hebrews 7:18For, on the one hand, a former commandment is cancelled because of its weakness and uselessness [because of its inability to justify the sinner before God]
• Job 10:3Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress, To despise and reject the work of Your hands, And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?
• Job 27:2“As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice, And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,
• Job 32:2But Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became indignant. His indignation was kindled and burned and he became upset with Job because he justified himself rather than God [and even expressed doubts about God’s character].
• Job 34:5For Job has said, ‘I am righteous [and innocent], But God has taken away my right;
• Job 35:2“Do you think this is according to [your] justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

Commentaries on Job 40:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Wilt 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Wilt 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Those who profit by what they have heard from God, shall hear more from him. And those who are truly convinced of sin, yet need to be more thoroughly convinced and more humbled. No doubt God, and he only, has power to humble and bring down proud men; he has wisdom to know when and how to do it, and it is not for us to teach him how to govern the world. Our own hands cannot save us by recommending us to God's grace, much less rescuing us from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Job's words had angered Elihu (10:7; 27:2; 31:35–37; 32:2; 34:5). Now, God himself challenged Job's words.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Wilt thou not only contend with, but set aside My judgment or justice in the government of the world? condemn--declare Me unrighteous, in order that thou mayest be accounted righteous (innocent; undeservingly afflicted).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 40:8

• God

In the dictionaries

• Abase
• Array
• Compass
• Disannul
• Thunder
• Annul; Disannul
• Condemn; Condemnation
• Night-Monster

Commentaries on Job 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings