Job 40:2

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Summary

Job 40:2

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Shall

Instruct

Isaiah 40:14

1 Corinthians 2:16

He that reproveth

General references

Job 11:5

Bible References

Shall

If he wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one [time] in a thousand.

Why do you contend against him, that he will not answer all a person's words?

Whatever is--it was already determined, {what will be--it has already been decided}. As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him.

Woe [to the] one who strives with his {maker}, a potsherd among potsherds of earth! Does [the] clay say to the one who fashions it, 'What are you making?' and 'Your work has no hands'?

he who obtains rights for me [is] near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who [is] the master of my judgment? Let him approach me.

Or are we attempting to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he [is, are we]?

Instruct

With whom has he consulted, that he enlightened him and taught him [the] path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and made [the] way of understanding known to him?

"For who has known the mind of the Lord; who has advised him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

He that reproveth

"Why did I not die at birth? [Why] did I [not] come forth from [the] womb and expire?

Am I [the] sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me?

who crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.

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?

withdraw your hand from me, and let not your dread terrify me.

For then you would count my steps, [but] you would not keep watch over my sin.

God delivers me to an evil one, and he casts me into the hands of [the] wicked.

know then that God has wronged me and has surrounded me [with] his net.

"{As God lives}, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.

You have turned cruel to me; you persecute me with your hand's might.

"{What do you mean by} quoting this proverb about the land of Israel, {saying}, 'The fathers, they ate unripe fruit, and the teeth of the child became blunt.'

And [when they] received [it], they began to complain against the master of the house,

Therefore you will say to me, "Why then does he still find fault? For who has resisted his will?

"For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?

General references

But, {O that} God might speak, and [that] he would open his lips to you,