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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: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. (Isa. 27:4)

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Job 9:3• ³If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one 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 hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he 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 the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
¹⁰Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
¹¹Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of 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 adversary? let him come near to 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 instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? (Isa. 40:14)

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1 Cor. 2:16• ¹⁶For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Cor. 2:16)

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Job 3:11‑12,20,23• ¹¹Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
¹²Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
²⁰Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
²³Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, 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 whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
¹⁹How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
²⁰I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
²¹And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. (Job 7:12,19‑21)

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Job 9:17‑18,32‑35• ¹⁷For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
¹⁸He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
³³Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
³⁵Then would I 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• ³Is 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?
⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
⁵Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
⁶That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
⁷Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
¹⁴If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
¹⁵If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
¹⁶For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. (Job 10:3‑7,14‑17)

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Job 13:21‑27• ²¹Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
²²Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
²³How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
²⁴Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
²⁵Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
²⁶For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
²⁷Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels 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 sewest up mine iniquity. (Job 14:16‑17)

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Job 16:11‑21• ¹¹God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
¹²I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
¹³His archers compass 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 giant.
¹⁵I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
¹⁶My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
¹⁷Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
¹⁸O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
¹⁹Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
²⁰My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
²¹O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor! (Job 16:11‑21)

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Job 19:6‑11• ⁶Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
⁷Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
⁸He hath fenced 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 hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
¹¹He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth 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 judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; (Job 27:2)

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Job 30:21• ²¹Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. (Job 30:21)

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

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Matt. 20:11• ¹¹And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, (Matt. 20:11)

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Rom. 9:19‑23• ¹⁹Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
²⁰Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
²¹Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?
²²What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
²³And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, (Rom. 9:19‑23)

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Rom. 11:34‑36• ³⁴For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
³⁵Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
³⁶For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom 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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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?"