Job 40:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:16

“For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Isaiah 40:14

Whom did he consult for his enlightenment, and who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?

Job 33:13

Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of my words’?

Matthew 20:11

And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder,

Isaiah 50:8

he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge’?

Job 27:2

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

Job 9:3

If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.

Job 3:23

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

Job 3:20

“Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

1 Corinthians 10:22

Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.

Job 30:21

Thou hast turned cruel to me; with the might of thy hand thou dost persecute me.

Job 7:12

Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that thou settest a guard over me?

Job 10:2

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.

Job 13:3

But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

Job 23:4

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

Job 31:35

Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

Job 40:1

And the Lord said to Job:

Job 40:3

Then Job answered the Lord:

Jeremiah 50:24

I set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and caught, because you strove against the Lord.

Job 38:3

Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.