Job 40:2

New Century Version

“Will the person who argues with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God answer him.”

Cross References

Job 10:2

I will say to God: Do not hold me guilty, but tell me what you have against me.

Job 13:3

But I want to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.

Job 23:4

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

Job 27:2

“As surely as God lives, who has taken away my rights, the Almighty, who has made me unhappy,

Job 3:20

“Why is light given to those in misery? Why is life given to those who are so unhappy?

Job 3:23

They cannot see where they are going. God has hidden the road ahead.

Job 30:21

You have turned on me without mercy; with your powerful hand you attacked me.

Job 31:35

(“How I wish a court would hear my case! Here I sign my name to show I have told the truth. Now let the Almighty answer me; let the one who accuses me write it down.

Job 33:13

Why do you accuse God of not answering anyone?

Job 38:3

Be strong like a man! I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.

Job 40:1

The Lord said to Job:

Job 40:3

Then Job answered the Lord:

Job 7:12

I am not the sea or the sea monster. So why have you set a guard over me?

Job 9:3

Someone might want to argue with God, but no one could answer God, not one time out of a thousand.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever happens was planned long ago. Everyone knows what people are like. No one can argue with God, who is stronger than anyone.

Isaiah 40:14

Whom did he ask for help? Who taught him the right way? Who taught him knowledge and showed him the way to understanding?

Isaiah 50:8

He shows that I am innocent, and he is close to me. So who can accuse me? If there is someone, let us go to court together. If someone wants to prove I have done wrong, he should come and tell me.

Jeremiah 50:24

Babylon, I set a trap for you, and you were caught before you knew it. You fought against the Lord, so you were found and taken prisoner.

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you mean by using this saying about the land of Israel: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and that caused the children to grind their teeth from the sour taste’?

Matthew 20:11

When they got their coin, they complained to the man who owned the land.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? We are not stronger than he is, are we?

1 Corinthians 2:16

“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Who has been able to teach him?” But we have the mind of Christ.