Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!” New Living Translation “Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?” English Standard Version “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” Berean Standard Bible “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.” King James Bible Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. New King James Version “Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.” New American Standard Bible “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who rebukes God give an answer.” NASB 1995 “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it.” NASB 1977 “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it.” Legacy Standard Bible “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it.” Amplified Bible “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who disputes with God answer it.” Christian Standard Bible Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who argues with God give an answer. Holman Christian Standard Bible Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let him who argues with God give an answer. American Standard Version Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “Many are the counselors of God, and he who rebukes God gives an answer!”Will any one pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer. Contemporary English Version but you have argued that I am wrong. Now you must answer me. Douay-Rheims Bible Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him. English Revised Version Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? he that argueth with God, let him answer it. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Will the person who finds fault with the Almighty correct him? Will the person who argues with God answer him?" International Standard Version "Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him? Let God's accuser answer." JPS Tanakh 1917 Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it. Literal Standard Version “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.” Majority Standard Bible “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.” New American Bible Will one who argues with the Almighty be corrected? Let him who would instruct God give answer! NET Bible "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!" New Revised Standard Version “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond.” New Heart English Bible "Shall he who argues contend with Shaddai? He who argues with God, let him answer it." Webster's Bible Translation Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. World English Bible “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” Young's Literal Translation Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Humbles Himself Before the LORD1And the LORD said to Job: 2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.” 3Then Job answered the LORD:… Cross References Job 9:3 If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me. Job 13:3 Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God. Job 23:4 I would plead 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; let my accuser compose an indictment. Job 33:13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks? Job 40:1 And the LORD said to Job: Treasury of Scripture Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it. Shall Job 9:3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. Job 33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. Ecclesiastes 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. instruct Isaiah 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. he that reproveth Job 3:11,12,20,23 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? … Job 7:12,19-21 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? … Job 9:17,18,32-35 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause… Jump to Previous Accuses Almighty Arguments Contend Contendeth Contends Correct Forward Instruct Protesting Reproves Reproveth Ruler TeachingJump to Next Accuses Almighty Arguments Contend Contendeth Contends Correct Forward Instruct Protesting Reproves Reproveth Ruler TeachingJob 40 1. Job humbles himself to God6. God stirs him up to show his righteousness, power, and wisdom 16. Of the behemoth XL. (2) Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?--Rather, Can he that reproveth (e. g., Job) contend with the Almighty? or, Can the contending with the Almighty instruct Him? "Art thou prepared still to dispute and contend with God? or, if thou dost, is there any hope that thou wilt instruct (i.e., convince) Him in argument? Let him that argueth with God (i.e., Job) answer this question." It might, perhaps, tend to make these verses (Job 40:4-5) more effective if we transposed them after Job 42:6, and regarded them as the very climax of the poem, as some have done. But this is not necessary, and is an arrangement that has no support from external evidence. If, however, it were adopted, Job's resolution, "Once have I spoken; but I will speak no more: yea, twice; but I will not again" (Job 40:5), would not be literally inconsistent, as it now is, with what he says in Job 42:1-6. Hebrew “Will the faultfinderיִסּ֑וֹר (yis·sō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3250: One who reproves, faultfinder contend הֲ֭רֹב (hă·rōḇ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend with עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with the Almighty? שַׁדַּ֣י (šad·day) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7706: The Almighty Let him who argues מוֹכִ֖יחַ (mō·w·ḵî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3198: To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict with God אֱל֣וֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 433: God -- a deity, the Deity give an answer.” יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ (ya·‘ă·nen·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond Links Job 40:2 NIVJob 40:2 NLT Job 40:2 ESV Job 40:2 NASB Job 40:2 KJV Job 40:2 BibleApps.com Job 40:2 Biblia Paralela Job 40:2 Chinese Bible Job 40:2 French Bible Job 40:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 40:2 Shall he who argues contend (Jb) |
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