Is it good for You to oppress, to despise the work of Your hands, while You smile on the plans of the wicked?
Job 40:8 - Tree of Life Version “Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me 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 despise the work of Your hands, while You smile on the plans of the wicked?
though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
God has handed me over to the ungodly, and tossed me into the hands of the wicked.
So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite of the clan of Ram became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.
Can someone who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the mighty, righteous One?
For Adonai-Tzva’ot has purposed, so who will annul it? Since His hand is stretched out, who will turn it back?
Your covenant with death is annulled, and your pact with Sheol will not stand. An overflowing scourge will pass through and you will be its trampling place.
Remind me, when we argue our case together—state your case, so you may be proved right.
Oy , to one who quarrels with his Maker, like a pot among the pots of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What have you made?” Or does your work say, “It has no handles”?
May it never be! Let God be true even if every man is a liar, as it is written, “that You may be righteous in Your words and prevail when You are judged.”
Brothers and sisters, I speak in human terms: even with a man’s covenant, once it has been confirmed, no one cancels it or adds to it.
What I am saying is this: Torah, which came 430 years later, does not cancel the covenant previously confirmed by God, so as to make the promise ineffective.
For on the one hand, a former requirement is set aside because of its weakness and ineffectiveness—