Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
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?
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?
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?
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 "{Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man}, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me. 8 "Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous? 9 Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Cross References
Job 10:3
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?
Job 32:2
So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, {became angry}. {He became angry} at Job because he justified himself rather than God,
Romans 3:4
May it never be! But let God be true but every human being a liar, just as it is written, "In order that you may be justified in your words, and may prevail when you are judged."
Job 27:2-6
"{As God lives}, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.
Job 34:5-6
for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.
Job 35:2-3
"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'?
Psalm 51:4
Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge.
Isaiah 14:27
For Yahweh of hosts has planned, and who will frustrate [it]? And his hand [is] stretched out, and who will turn it back?
Isaiah 28:18
And your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; you will become a trampling place for the overwhelming flood when it passes through.
Galatians 3:15
Brothers, I am speaking according to a human perspective. Nevertheless, [when] the covenant of a man has been ratified, no one declares [it] invalid or adds additional provisions [to it].
Galatians 3:17
Now I am saying this: the law, that came after four hundred and thirty years, does not revoke a covenant previously ratified by God, in order to nullify the promise.
Hebrews 7:18
For on the one hand a preceding commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness