Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're 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
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?
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 "Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers! 8 Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous? 9 Do you have strength like God? Can you create thunder with a sound like he can?"
Cross References
Job 10:3
Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?
Job 32:2
But then Barachel's son Elihu from Buz, one of Ram's descendants, got really angry. He was furious with Job because he had been declaring himself righteous instead of vindicating God.
Romans 3:4
Of course not! God is true, even if everyone else is a liar. As it is written, "You are right when you speak, and win your case when you go into court."
Job 27:2-6
"The living God has withheld justice from me; the Almighty has made my life bitter.
Job 34:5-6
Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously.
Job 35:2-3
"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, "I'm more righteous than God?'
Psalm 51:4
Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.
Isaiah 14:27
For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has planned, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"
Isaiah 28:18
"Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be trampled by it.
Galatians 3:15
Brothers, let me use an example from everyday life. Once an agreement has been ratified, no one can cancel it or add conditions to it.
Galatians 3:17
This is what I mean: The Law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.
Hebrews 7:18
Indeed, because it was weak and ineffective, the former commandment has been annulled,