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Job 40:8

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

KJV

Absconde eos in pulvere simul, et facies eorum demerge in foveam.

Vulgate

κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ὁμοθυμαδόν, τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον·

LXX

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

ASV

הַ֭/אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑/י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗/נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
הַצְדִּ֣יק
htsdyq
verb · 41×
הָפֵ֣ר
hpr
verb · 50×
י
y
noun · 422×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
נִי
ny
verb · 36×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 3:18 — I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
  • Isa 14:27 — For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • Isa 28:18 — And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
  • Isa 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
  • Job 4:17 — Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
  • Job 10:3 — Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
  • Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Job 15:6 — Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
  • Job 19:7 — Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
  • Job 32:2 — Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
  • Job 32:2 — Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
  • Job 34:5 — For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
  • Job 34:17 — Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
  • John 12:10 — But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
  • Rom 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
  • Rom 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
  • Rom 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?