Job 40:2

In 11 translations

BSB

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

KJV

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

WEB

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

ASV

Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

LSV

“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”

YLT

Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

DBY

Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.Eloah

DRC39:32

Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.

GNV39:35

Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it.

JPS

Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

LXXE

Will any one pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הֲ֭רֹב עִם־שַׁדַּ֣י יִסּ֑וֹר מוֹכִ֖יחַ אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃

LXX-Br

μὴ κρίσιν μετὰ ἱκανοῦ ἐκκλίνει; ἐλέγχων δὲ Θεὸν, ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτήν.

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• 1 Corinthians 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
• Isaiah 40:14Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
• Romans 11:34–36“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?” For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
• Job 33:13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
• Isaiah 50:8The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!
• Isaiah 45:9–11Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’…
• Romans 9:19–23One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?” But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”…
• Matthew 20:11On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
• Ezekiel 18:2“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
• Job 27:2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
• Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
• Job 13:21–27Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me. Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply. How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin. Why…
• Job 3:20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
• Job 9:17–18For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause. He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
• Job 19:6–11then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me. Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He…
• Job 14:16–17For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin. My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

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