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 from the whirlwind: 7“Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. “Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right? 9Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his? 10All right, put on your glory and splendor, your 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, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.
• Romans 3:4Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.”
• Isaiah 14:27The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has spoken— who can change his plans? When his hand is raised, who can stop him?”
• Isaiah 28:18I will cancel the bargain you made to cheat death, and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave. When the terrible enemy sweeps through, you will be trampled into the ground.
• Galatians 3:15Dear brothers and sisters, here’s an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or amend an irrevocable agreement, so it is in this case.
• Hebrews 7:18Yes, the old requirement about the priesthood was set aside because it was weak and useless.
• Job 10:3What do you gain by oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while smiling on the schemes of the wicked?
• Job 27:2“I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul—
• Job 32:2Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him.
• Job 34:5For Job also said, ‘I am innocent, but God has taken away my rights.
• Job 35:2“Do you think it is right for you to claim, ‘I am righteous before God’?

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
• 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