Job 40:8 Cross References - LEB

⁸ "Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?

³ Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and you smile over the schemes of the wicked?

² "_⌊As God lives_⌋,* he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self* bitter. ³ For _⌊as long as_⌋* my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nose, ⁴ my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit. ⁵ Far be it from me that _⌊I would say that you* are right_⌋;* until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness. ⁶ I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go; my heart will not blame any of my days.

² So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, _⌊became angry_⌋.* _⌊He became angry_⌋* at Job because he justified himself rather than God,

⁵ for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice. ⁶ Should I lie concerning my justice? Though I am without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.'

² "Do you think this is justice when you say, '_⌊I am right_⌋* before God'? ³ If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit _⌊by refraining from my sin_⌋?'*

⁴ Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil* in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge.

²⁷ For Yahweh of hosts has planned, and who will frustrate it? And his hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?

¹⁸ And your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; you will become a trampling place for the overwhelming flood when it passes through.

⁴ May it never be! But let God be true but every human being a liar, just as it is written,
"In order that you may be justified in your words, and may prevail when you are* judged."*

¹⁵ Brothers, I am speaking according to a human perspective. Nevertheless, when* the covenant of a man has been ratified, no one declares it invalid or adds additional provisions to it.

¹⁷ Now I am saying this: the law, that came after four hundred and thirty years, does not revoke a covenant previously ratified by God, in order to nullify the promise.

¹⁸ For on the one hand a preceding commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness