Job 40:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Complete Jewish Bible:

"Are you impugning my justice? Putting me in the wrong to prove yourself right?

Berean Standard Bible:

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

American Standard Version:

Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Wilt thou also disannul{H6565} my judgment{H4941}? wilt thou condemn{H7561} me, that thou mayest be righteous{H6663}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Romans 3:4

  • God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Job 32:2

  • Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Isaiah 28:18

  • And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Job 10:3

  • [Is it] good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Job 34:5

  • For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Job 34:6

  • Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.

Galatians 3:17

  • And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

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Commentary for Job 40:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6565
    There are 46 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פָּרַר
    Transliteration: pârar
    Pronunciation: paw-rar'
    Description: a primitive root; to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate; [idiom] any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, [idiom] clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, [idiom] utterly, make void.
  2. Strong's Number: H4941
    There are 406 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט
    Transliteration: mishpâṭ
    Pronunciation: mish-pawt'
    Description: from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
  3. Strong's Number: H7561
    There are 34 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָשַׁע
    Transliteration: râshaʻ
    Pronunciation: raw-shah'
    Description: a primitive root; to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate; condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
  4. Strong's Number: H6663
    There are 40 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָדַק
    Transliteration: tsâdaq
    Pronunciation: tsaw-dak'
    Description: a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense); cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).