Job 40:2

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Job 40:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 And the LORD said to Job:

2 “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

3 Then Job answered the LORD:

4 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

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Job 9:3

If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

Job 33:13

Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

Ecclesiastes 6:10

Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”

Isaiah 45:11

Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

Isaiah 50:8

The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!

1 Corinthians 10:22

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Isaiah 40:14

Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

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.

Job 3:11

Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

Job 3:12

Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

Job 3:20

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Job 3:23

Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

Job 7:12

Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

Job 7:19

Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

Job 7:20

If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ?

Job 7:21

Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

Job 9:17

For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

Job 9:18

He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

Job 9:32

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

Job 9:33

Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

Job 9:34

Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

Job 9:35

Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

Job 10:3

Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Job 10:4

Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

Job 10:5

Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,

Job 10:6

that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—

Job 10:7

though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

Job 10:14

If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

Job 10:15

If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

Job 10:16

Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

Job 10:17

You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.

Job 13:21

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

Job 13:22

Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

Job 13:23

How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

Job 13:24

Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

Job 13:25

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

Job 13:26

For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

Job 13:27

You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

Job 14:16

For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

Job 14:17

My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

Job 16:11

God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

Job 16:12

I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

Job 16:13

His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

Job 16:14

He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.

Job 16:15

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.

Job 16:16

My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;

Job 16:17

yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

Job 16:18

O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

Job 16:19

Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.

Job 16:20

My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

Job 16:21

Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!

Job 19:6

then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

Job 19:7

Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Job 19:8

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

Job 19:9

He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

Job 19:10

He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

Job 19:11

His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

Job 27:2

“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

Job 30:21

You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?

Matthew 20:11

On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.

Romans 9:19

One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

Romans 9:20

But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

Romans 9:21

Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

Romans 9:22

What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

Romans 9:23

What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

Romans 11:34

“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

Romans 11:35

“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”

Romans 11:36

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.