New King James Version
Job 40:8
8“Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
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 Living Translation (NLT)“Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?
Context of Job 40:8
6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: 7“Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me: “Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified? 9Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His? 10Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.
Read all of Job 40Job 40:8 word by word
הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 40:8
- Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.
- Romans 3:4Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: “That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged.”
- Isaiah 14:27For the Lord of hosts has purposed, And who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, And who will turn it back?”
- Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be annulled, And your agreement with Sheol will not stand; When the overflowing scourge passes through, Then you will be trampled down by it.
- Galatians 3:15Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it.
- Hebrews 7:18For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness,
- Job 10:3Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
- Job 27:2“As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
- Job 32:2Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God.
- Job 34:5“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, But God has taken away my justice;
- Job 35:2“Do you think this is right? 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
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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
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