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 will argue with him, he shall not be able to answer him unto one among a thousand.

Why dost thou then strive against him? Because he giveth thee no accounts of all his doings?

The thing that hath been is named already, and known - that it is man himself: neither may he go to law with him that is mightier than he.

Woe be unto him that chideth with his maker, the potsherd with the potter. Sayeth the clay to the potter, "What makest thou?" or "Thy work serveth for nothing?"

Mine advocate speaketh for me, who will then go with me to law? Let us stand one against another: if there be any that will reason with me, let him come here forth to me.

Either, shall we provoke the Lord? Or are we stronger than he?

Instruct

At whom hath he asked counsel, to make him understand, and to learn him the way of judgment: to teach him science: and to instruct him in the way of understanding?

"For who knoweth the mind of the Lord, other who shall inform him?" But we understand the mind of Christ.

He that reproveth

"Alas, why died I not in the birth? Why did not I perish, as soon as I came out of my mother's womb?

Am I a sea, or a whalefish, that thou keepest me so in prison?

He troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause.

Thinkest thou it well done, to oppress me, to cast me off - being a work of thine hands - and to maintain the counsel of the ungodly?

Withdraw thine hand from me, and let not the fearful dread of thee make me afraid.

"For thou hast numbered all my goings, yet be not thou too extreme upon my sins.

God hath given me over to the ungodly, and delivered me into the hands of the wicked.

know this then: that it is God which hath handled me so violently, and hath compassed me about with his net.

"As truly as God liveth, which hath taken away my power from me; and the Almighty, that hath vexed my mind;

Thou art become mine enemy, and with thy violent hand thou takest part against me.

"What mean ye by this common proverb, that ye use in the land of Israel, saying, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?

And when they had received it, they murmured against the good man of the house, saying,

Thou wilt say then unto me, "Why then blameth he us yet? For who can resist his will?"

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who was his counselor?

General references

O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,