Job 40:8 Cross References - ISV

⁸ Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you’re righteous?

³ Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?

² “The living God has withheld justice from me; the Almighty has made my life bitter. ³ As long as I can breathe; as long as God’s breath is in my nostrils, ⁴ I won’t speak lies nor will I utter deceit. ⁵ Far be it from me to admit that you’re right! I intend to maintain my integrity even if it kills me! ⁶ I’ll retain my righteousness and not compromise it; my conscience won’t rebuke me at any time.

² But then Barachel’s son Elihu from Buz, one of Ram’s descendants, got really angry. He was furious with Job because he had been declaring himself righteous instead of vindicating God.

⁵ Elihu Reviews Job’s Complaint against God’s InjusticeNow this is Job’s claim: ‘Even though I’m innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously. ⁶ Have I lied concerning the justice that I deserve? My wound is incurable, though transgression cannot be attributed to me.’

² “Are you saying that it’s just for you to claim, ‘I’m more righteous than God?’ ³ After all, you’ve asked what your benefit will be: ‘What will I profit from refraining from sin?’

⁴ Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

²⁷ For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has planned, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”

¹⁸ “Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be trampled by it.

⁴ Of course not! God is true, even if everyone else is a liar. As it is written, “You are right when you speak, and win your case when you go into court.”

¹⁵ Brothers, let me use an example from everyday life. Once a person’s will has been ratified, no one can cancel it or add conditions to it.

¹⁷ This is what I mean: The Law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.

¹⁸ Indeed, because it was weak and ineffective, the former commandment has been annulled,