Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?
New American Standard Bible
Will you
King James Version
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Holman Bible
Would you declare Me guilty
International Standard Version
Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?
American Standard Version
Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Bible in Basic English
Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
Darby Translation
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
Julia Smith Translation
Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me so that thou shalt be just?
King James 2000
Will you also annul my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
Modern King James verseion
Will you also set aside My judgment? Will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Or wilt thou condemn me, that thou thyself mayest be made righteous?
NET Bible
Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
New Heart English Bible
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
The Emphasized Bible
Wilt thou even frustrate my justice? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest appear right?
Webster
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
World English Bible
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Job 40:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
I Am The Lord All-Powerful
7
“Now
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?
“Have you an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?
Cross References
Job 10:3
‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress,
To despise and reject the work of Your hands,
And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?
Job 32:2
But Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became indignant. His indignation was kindled and burned and he became upset with Job because he justified himself rather than God [and even expressed doubts about God’s character].
Romans 3:4
Certainly not! Let God be found true [as He will be], though every person be found a liar, just as it is written [in Scripture],
And prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].”
Job 27:2-6
“As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice,
And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,
Job 34:5-6
“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous [and innocent],
But God has taken away my right;
Job 35:2-3
“Do you think this is according to [your] justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?
Psalm 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned
And done that which is evil in Your sight,
So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence]
And faultless in Your judgment.
Isaiah 14:27
For the Lord of hosts has decided and planned, and who can annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
Isaiah 28:18
“Your covenant with death will be annulled,
And your agreement with Sheol (the place of the dead) will not stand;
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
Then you will become its trampling ground.
Galatians 3:15
Brothers and sisters, I speak in terms of human relations: even though a last will and testament is just a human covenant, yet when it has been signed and made legally binding, no one sets it aside or adds to it [modifying it in some way].
Galatians 3:17
This is what I mean: the Law, which came into existence four hundred and thirty years later [after the covenant concerning the coming Messiah], does not and cannot invalidate the covenant previously established by God, so as to abolish the promise.
Hebrews 7:18
For, on the one hand, a former commandment is cancelled because of its weakness and uselessness [because of its inability to justify the sinner before God]