Job 40:8

Easy To Read Version

“Job, do you think that I am not fair?\par You say that I am guilty of doing wrong\par so that you will appear innocent!\par

Cross References

Job 10:3

God, does hurting me make you happy?\par It seems that you don’t care about\par what you made.\par Or maybe you are happy\par with the plans that bad people make?\par

Job 10:7

You know I am innocent,\par but no one can save me\par from your power!\par

Job 13:18

I am ready now to defend myself.\par I will carefully present my arguments.\par I know I will be shown to be right.\par

Job 16:11

God has given me to evil people.\par He let wicked people hurt me.\par

Job 19:6

But it is God who did wrong to me.\par He set his trap to catch me.\par

Job 32:1

Then Job’s three friends gave up trying to answer Job. They gave up because Job was so sure that he himself was truly innocent.

Job 32:2

But there was a young man there named Elihu son of Barakel. Barakel was a descendant {\cf2\super [69]} of a man named Buz. Elihu was from the family of Ram. Elihu became very angry with Job. Why? Because Job was saying that he himself was right. Job was saying that he was more fair than God.

Job 34:17

A person that hates to be fair\par can’t be a ruler.\par Job, God is strong and good.\par Do you think you can judge him guilty?\par

Psalm 51:4

I did the things you say are wrong.\par God, you are the One I sinned against.\par I confess these things so people will know\par I am wrong, and you are right.\par Your decisions are fair.\par

Isaiah 14:27

When the Lord makes a plan, no person can stop that plan. When the Lord raises his arm to punish people, no person can stop him.

Isaiah 28:18

Your agreement with death will be erased. Your contract with Sheol {\cf2\super [261]} will not help you.

Isaiah 43:26

But you should remember me. We should meet together and decide what is right. You should tell the things \{you have done\} and show you are right.

Isaiah 45:9

“Look at these people! They are arguing with the One who made them. Look at them argue with me! They are like pieces of clay from a broken pot. A man uses soft, wet clay to make a pot. And the clay does not ask, ‘Man, what are you doing?’ Things that are made don’t have the power to question the one who makes them. \{People are like this clay.\}

Romans 3:4

No! God will continue to be true even when every person is false. Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [26]} say:

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, let me give you an example: Think about an agreement that one person makes with another person. After that agreement is made official, no person can stop that agreement or add anything to it. And no person can ignore that agreement.

Galatians 3:17

This is what I mean: The agreement \{that God gave to Abraham\} was made official long before the law {\cf2\super [38]} came. The law came 430 years later. So the law could not take away the agreement and change God’s promise.

Hebrews 7:18

The old rule (law) is now ended because it was weak and worthless.