Parallel Verses

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?'

NET Bible

"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right 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 ELIHU CONTINUED: 2 “Do you think this is according to justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
3 If you ask: 'What advantage do I have? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'

Cross References

Matthew 12:36-37

I tell you there will be an account in the Judgment Day for every careless word that men say.

Job 9:17

He crushes me with a tempest. He multiplies my wounds without cause.

Job 10:7

You know that I am not guilty and that no one can force me from your hand!

Job 16:17

There is no violence in my hands. My prayer is pure.

Job 19:6-7

then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net.

Job 27:2-6

As God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty? Who has made me taste bitterness?

Job 34:5

Job has said: 'I am innocent, and God has taken away my right.

Job 40:8

Would you undo my justice? Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous?

Luke 19:22

He said to him: Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an austere man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow.

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