Job 40:2

Modern English Version

“Will he who argues with the Almighty instruct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”

Cross References

Job 10:2

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

Job 13:3

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

Job 23:4

I would present my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 27:2

“As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

Job 3:20

“Why is light given to the miserable, and life unto the bitter in soul,

Job 3:23

And why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

Job 30:21

You have become cruel to me; with Your strong hand You oppose me.

Job 31:35

“Oh, that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, and that the One who contends against me had written a book!

Job 33:13

Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give an accounting for any of His words.

Job 38:3

Prepare yourself like a man; for I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

Job 40:1

Moreover, the Lord answered Job and said:

Job 40:3

Then Job answered the Lord and said:

Job 7:12

Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that You set a guard over me?

Job 9:3

If one would dispute with Him, he cannot answer Him once in a thousand times.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

What has already been has been named and determined, and it is already designated what will happen to a person; he cannot contend with Him who is stronger than he.

Isaiah 40:14

With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of justice, and taught Him knowledge, and showed to Him the way of understanding?

Isaiah 50:8

He who vindicates me is near; who will contend with me? Let us stand up to each other. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

Jeremiah 50:24

I have laid a snare for you, and you were also caught, O Babylon, and you were not aware. You have been found, and also caught, because you have strived against the Lord.

Ezekiel 18:2

What do you mean in using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying: “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?

Matthew 20:11

When they received it, they grumbled against the landowner,

1 Corinthians 10:22

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

1 Corinthians 2:16

For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.