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Job 40:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Shall he that contendetho with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

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Job 33:13• ¹³Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. (Job 33:13)

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Isa. 27:4• ⁴Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars and thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together. (Isa. 27:4)

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Job 9:3• ³If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand. (Job 9:3)

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Job 33:13• ¹³Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. (Job 33:13)

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Eccl. 6:10• ¹⁰That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he. (Eccl. 6:10)

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Isa. 45:9‑11• ⁹Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?
¹⁰Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? Or to his mother, What hast thou brought forth?
¹¹Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me. (Isa. 45:9‑11)

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Isa. 50:8• ⁸He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me. (Isa. 50:8)

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1 Cor. 10:22• ²²Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? (1 Cor. 10:22)

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Isa. 40:14• ¹⁴With whom took he counsel, and who gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding? (Isa. 40:14)

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1 Cor. 2:16• ¹⁶For who has known the mind of the Lord, who shall instruct him? But *we* have the mind of Christ. (1 Cor. 2:16)

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Job 3:11‑12,20,23• ¹¹Wherefore did I not die from the womb,--come forth from the belly and expire?
¹²Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
²⁰Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
²³To the man whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in? (Job 3:11‑12,20,23)

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Job 7:12,19‑21• ¹²Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
¹⁹How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
²⁰Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?
²¹And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be. (Job 7:12,19‑21)

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Job 9:17‑18,32‑35• ¹⁷He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
¹⁸He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
³³There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
³⁵Then I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. (Job 9:17‑18,32‑35)

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Job 10:3‑7,14‑17• ³Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
⁵Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,
⁶That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;
⁷Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?
¹⁴If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
¹⁵If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being so full of shame, and beholding mine affliction;--
¹⁶And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.
¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions of evil and a time of toil are with me. (Job 10:3‑7,14‑17)

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Job 13:21‑27• ²¹Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:
²²Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.
²³How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
²⁴Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?
²⁵Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
²⁶For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
²⁷And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet;-- (Job 13:21‑27)

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Job 14:16‑17• ¹⁶For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
¹⁷My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity. (Job 14:16‑17)

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Job 16:11‑21• ¹¹*God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
¹²I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
¹³His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
¹⁴He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.
¹⁵I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.
¹⁶My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
¹⁷Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
¹⁸O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!
¹⁹Even now, behold, my Witness is in the heavens, and he that voucheth for me is in the heights.
²⁰My friends are my mockers; mine eye poureth out tears unto +God.
²¹Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend! (Job 16:11‑21)

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Job 19:6‑11• ⁶Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
⁷Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
⁸He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
⁹He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
¹⁰He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.
¹¹And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies. (Job 19:6‑11)

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Job 27:2• ²As *God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul, (Job 27:2)

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Job 30:21• ²¹Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me. (Job 30:21)

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Ezek. 18:2• ²What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? (Ezek. 18:2)

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Matt. 20:11• ¹¹And on receiving it they murmured against the master of the house, (Matt. 20:11)

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Rom. 9:19‑23• ¹⁹Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?
²⁰Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
²¹Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?
²²And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory, (Rom. 9:19‑23)

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Rom. 11:34‑36• ³⁴For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counsellor?
³⁵or who has first given to him, and it shall be rendered to him?
³⁶For of him, and through him, and for him are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen. (Rom. 11:34‑36)

• Here lies the root of Job’s trouble: he had sat in judgment upon God; he had accused the Omnipotent of evil? God has drawn near, has made His presence felt, and lifted the veil from the face of Nature to reveal part of His character. What is the effect upon the proud man? (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

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Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct hima? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.

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Or "Will the caviller contend with the Almighty?"