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Job 40

Job 40:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wilt thou also disannul
parar (Hebrew #6565)
to break up (usually figuratively, i.e. to violate, frustrate
KJV usage: X any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, X clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, X utterly, make void.
Pronounce: paw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
my judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
? wilt thou condemn
rasha` (Hebrew #7561)
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
KJV usage: condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: raw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
me, that thou mayest be righteous
tsadaq (Hebrew #6663)
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
KJV usage: cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
Pronounce: tsaw-dak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Wilt.
Psa. 51:4• 4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest. (Psa. 51:4)
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Rom. 3:4• 4Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment. (Rom. 3:4)
disannul.
Isa. 14:27• 27For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate it? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Isa. 14:27)
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Isa. 28:18• 18And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, ye shall be trodden down by it. (Isa. 28:18)
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Gal. 3:15,17• 15Brethren, (I speak according to man,) even man's confirmed covenant no one sets aside, or adds other dispositions to.
 17Now I say this, A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect. (Gal. 3:15,17)
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Heb. 7:18• 18For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness, (Heb. 7:18)
wilt thou condemn.
Job 10:3• 3Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? (Job 10:3)
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Job 27:2‑6• 2As *God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,
 3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of +God is in my nostrils,
 4My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!
 5Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.
 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth me not one of my days. (Job 27:2‑6)
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Job 32:2• 2Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God; (Job 32:2)
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Job 34:5‑6• 5For Job hath said, I am righteous, and *God hath taken away my judgment:
 6Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression. (Job 34:5‑6)
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Job 35:2‑3• 2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than *God's?
 3For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned? (Job 35:2‑3)
• But the present appeal particularly is to his conscience. Will he annul, deny God’s righteous judgment, and condemn God that he may establish a petty human righteousness? For this is really what lay at the bottom of Job’s complaints. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)
• Elihu had already pressed upon Job these awful consequences of his thoughts: “I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment” (chap. 34: 5). “Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?” (chap. 35:2). (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?