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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 hast thou contended against him?{HR}For he answereth not of all his matters. (Job 33:13)

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

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Job 9:3• ³If he desire to dispute with him,{HR}He cannot answer him one of a thousand: (Job 9:3)

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Job 33:13• ¹³Why hast thou contended against him?{HR}For he answereth not of all his matters. (Job 33:13)

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Eccl. 6:10• ¹⁰Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago,{HR}And it is known that it is man:{HR}Neither can 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 a father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
¹¹Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of the things that are 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• ⁸[He is] near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who [is] mine adversary? let him draw near to me. (Isa. 50:8)

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1 Cor. 10:22• ²²What! do 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] made him understand, and instructed 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] Lord's mind that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Cor. 2:16)

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Job 3:11‑12,20,23• ¹¹Why did I not die from the womb—{HR}Come forth from the belly, and expire?
¹²Why did the knees anticipate me,{HR}And why the breasts that I should suck?
²⁰Wherefore giveth he light to the wretched one,{HR}And life to the bitter [in] soul;
²³To a man whose way is hid,{HR}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 monster,{HR}That thou settest guard over me?
¹⁹How long dost not thou look away from me,{HR}Nor lettest me alone till I swallow my spittle?
²⁰I have sinned; what could I do to thee?{HR}Watcher of men, why makest thou me thy mark,{HR}So that I am become a burden to myself?
²¹And why dost not thou pardon my transgression,{HR}And put away my iniquity?{HR}For now shall I lie in the dust,{HR}And, if thou seekest after me, I am no more. (Job 7:12,19‑21)

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Job 9:17‑18,32‑35• ¹⁷For he bruiseth me with a storm,{HR}And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
¹⁸He suffereth me not to draw my breath,{HR}But surfeiteth me with bitternesses.
³²For [he is] not a man as I [that] I should answer him.{HR}Let us come together in judgment,
³³There is between us no arbiter,{HR}Who might lay his hand on us both.
³⁴Let him take his rod from off me,{HR}And let not his terror frighten me;
³⁵I would speak, and not fear him,{HR}But not thus I with myself. (Job 9:17‑18,32‑35)

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Job 10:3‑7,14‑17• ³[Is it] good to thee that thou oppressest,{HR}That thou despisest the work of thy hands,{HR}And hast shone on the counsel of the wicked?
⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh?{HR}Seest thou as mortal man seeth?
⁵[Are] thy days as the days of mortal man?{HR}[Are] thy years as the days of a man,
⁶That thou inquirest for my guilt,{HR}And searchest after my sin,
⁷Upon thy knowledge that I am not guilty,{HR}And that none can deliver out of thy hand?
¹⁴If I should sin, thou wouldest mark me,{HR}And not in mine iniquity hold me guiltless.
¹⁵If I be guilty, woe unto me!{HR}And righteous, I durst not raise my head,{HR}Filled with shame, and seeing my misery;
¹⁶And should it hold itself up, as a lion thou wouldest hunt me,{HR}And turn again, and act wondrously against me.
¹⁷Thou wouldest renew thy witnesses against me{HR}And multiply thy displeasure against me —{HR}Reinforcements, and a host upon me. (Job 10:3‑7,14‑17)

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Job 13:21‑27• ²¹Thy hand put far off from me,{HR}And let not thy terror terrify me.
²²Then call thou, and I will answer,{HR}Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
²³How many my iniquities and sins!{HR}My transgression and my sin make me know.
²⁴Wherefore hidest thou thy face,{HR}And regardest me as an enemy to thee?
²⁵Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf,{HR}And wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
²⁶For thou writest for me bitter things,{HR}And makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth;
²⁷And puttest my feet in the stocks,{HR}And watchest all my paths,{HR}On the soles of my feet thou cuttest; (Job 13:21‑27)

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Job 14:16‑17• ¹⁶But now thou numberest my steps:{HR}Watchest thou not over my sins?
¹⁷My transgression is sealed up in a bag,{HR}And thou sewest up mine iniquity. (Job 14:16‑17)

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Job 16:11‑21• ¹¹God hath shut me up to the unrighteous,{HR}And thrown me over into the hand of the wicked.
¹²I sat at ease, and he smashed me,{HR}And seized me by the neck, and dashed me,{HR}And set me as a mark for himself;
¹³His arrows compassed me about;{HR}He cleaveth my reins, and spareth not.{HR}He poureth out my gall on the ground.
¹⁴He breaketh me breach upon breach,{HR}He runneth upon me like a warrior.
¹⁵I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,{HR}And stuck my horn into the dust.
¹⁶My face is red with weeping,{HR}And on mine eyelids [is] death shade,
¹⁷Though no violence [is] in my hands,{HR}And my prayer [is] pure.
¹⁸O earth, cover thou not my blood,{HR}And let my cry have no place.
¹⁹Even now, behold, my witness [is] in the heavens,{HR}And my testifier in the heights.
²⁰My mockers [are] my friends;{HR}Mine eye poureth out to God,
²¹That he would decide for the man with God,{HR}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 wrested me,{HR}And compassed me round with his net.
⁷Lo, I cry of violence, and am not heard,{HR}I call out, but [there is] no justice.
⁸He hath hedged my way that I cannot pass,{HR}And hath set darkness on my paths.
⁹He hath stripped me of my glory,{HR}And hath taken the crown of my head.
¹⁰He ruineth me on every side, and I am going;{HR}And my hope he uprooteth like a tree.
¹¹He kindleth his anger against me,{HR}And he regardeth me as his enemies. (Job 19:6‑11)

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Job 27:2• ²God [El] liveth! He hath turned aside my right,{HR}And the Almighty hath embittered my soul; (Job 27:2)

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Job 30:21• ²¹Thou art changed to a cruel one towards me,{HR}With the strength of thy hand thou warrest 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 received it, they murmured against the householder, (Matt. 20:11)

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Rom. 9:19‑23• ¹⁹Thou wilt say to me then, Why then doth he yet find fault? for his purpose who resisteth?
²⁰Nay rather, O man, who art thou that answerest against God? Shall the thing moulded say to him that moulded, Why madest thou me thus?
²¹Or hath the potter no authority over the clay out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour and another to dishonour?
²²And if God, willing to display his wrath and to make known his power, endured in much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory— (Rom. 9:19‑23)

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Rom. 11:34‑36• ³⁴For who knew [the] Lord's mind? or who became his counsellor!
³⁵or who first gave him and it shall be repaid him?
³⁶For of him and through him and unto him [are] all things: to him [be] the glory forever. 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?"

W. Kelly Translation

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Is the censurer to correct with the Almighty?{HR}The reprover of God, let him answer it.