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Job 40:2

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?

Thou art become cruel to me: With thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

Oh that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, And that mine adversary had written a book.

Why dost thou strive against him? For he giveth not account of any of his matters.

Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

Am I a sea, or a whale, That thou settest a watch over me?

If he will contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.

What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.




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