Job 40:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

KJV

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

WEB

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

ASV

Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

LSV

Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, || That you may be righteous?

YLT

Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

DBY

Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?

DRC40:3

Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

GNV40:3

Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

JPS

Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?

LXXE

Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?

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WLC

הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα· οἴει δέ με ἄλλως σοι κεχρηματικέναι, ἢ ἳνα ἀναφανῇς δίκαιος;

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• Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
• Job 32:2This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
• Isaiah 28:18Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
• Job 34:5–6For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice. Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
• Isaiah 14:27The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
• Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
• Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
• Galatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
• Job 27:2–6“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul— as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils, my lips will not speak…
• Galatians 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
• Job 35:2–3“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’ For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
• Hebrews 7:18So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

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