Is it good for you to oppress, to reject the work of your hands, and favour the plans of the wicked?
Job 40:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Would you really challenge my justice? Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Will you also annul (set aside and render void) My judgment? Will you condemn Me [your God], that you may [appear] righteous and justified? American Standard Version (1901) Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified? Common English Bible Would you question my justice, deem me guilty so you can be innocent? Catholic Public Domain Version Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hide them in the dust together: and plunge their faces into the pit. |
Is it good for you to oppress, to reject the work of your hands, and favour the plans of the wicked?
even though you know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can rescue from your power?
then understand that it is God who has wronged me and caught me in his net.
So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the family of Ram became angry. He was angry at Job because he had justified himself rather than God.
Could one who hates justice govern the world? Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,
The Lord of Armies himself has planned it; therefore, who can stand in its way? It is his hand that is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
Your covenant with Death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming catastrophe passes through, you will be trampled.
Remind me. Let’s argue the case together. Recount the facts, so that you may be vindicated.
‘Woe to the one who argues with his Maker – one clay pot among many. Does clay say to the one forming it, “What are you making? ” Or does your work say, “He has no hands”?
Absolutely not! Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar, as it is written: That you may be justified in your words and triumph when you judge. ,
Brothers and sisters, I’m using a human illustration. No one sets aside or makes additions to a validated human will.
My point is this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.
So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable