Parallel Verses

NET Bible

"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.'

New American Standard Bible

“Do you think this is according to justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

King James Version

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Holman Bible

Do you think it is just when you say,
“I am righteous before God”?

International Standard Version

"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, "I'm more righteous than God?'

A Conservative Version

What [is] this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before LORD?

American Standard Version

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or'sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,

Amplified


“Do you think this is according to [your] justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

Bible in Basic English

Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

Darby Translation

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

Julia Smith Translation

Didst thou reckon this for judgment thou saidst, My justice is above God?

King James 2000

Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'?

Modern King James verseion

Do you think this to be right, you that say, I am more just than God?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Thinkest thou it right, that thou saidst, 'I am righteous before God?'

New Heart English Bible

"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

The Emphasized Bible

This, dost thou think to be right? Thou hast said - My righteousness is more than GOD'S.

Webster

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

World English Bible

"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

Youngs Literal Translation

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
thou this to be right
משׁפּט 
Mishpat 
Usage: 421

Context Readings

Elihu Condemns Job

1 Then Elihu answered: 2 "Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.' 3 But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?'


Cross References

Matthew 12:36-37

I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

Job 9:17

he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.

Job 10:7

although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

Job 16:17

although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

Job 19:6-7

know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.

Job 27:2-6

"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter --

Job 34:5

For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

Job 40:8

Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

Luke 19:22

The king said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn't deposit and reaping what I didn't sow?

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