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Job 40

Job 40:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wilt thou also disannul
parar (Hebrew #6565)
to break up (usually figuratively, i.e. to violate, frustrate
KJV usage: X any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, X clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, X utterly, make void.
Pronounce: paw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
my judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
? wilt thou condemn
rasha` (Hebrew #7561)
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
KJV usage: condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: raw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
me, that thou mayest be righteous
tsadaq (Hebrew #6663)
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
KJV usage: cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
Pronounce: tsaw-dak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Wilt.
Psa. 51:4• 4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. (Psa. 51:4)
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Rom. 3:4• 4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. (Rom. 3:4)
disannul.
Isa. 14:27• 27For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Isa. 14:27)
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Isa. 28:18• 18And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. (Isa. 28:18)
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Gal. 3:15,17• 15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
 17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. (Gal. 3:15,17)
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Heb. 7:18• 18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. (Heb. 7:18)
wilt thou condemn.
Job 10:3• 3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? (Job 10:3)
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Job 27:2‑6• 2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
 3All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
 4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
 5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
 6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. (Job 27:2‑6)
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Job 32:2• 2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. (Job 32:2)
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Job 34:5‑6• 5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
 6Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. (Job 34:5‑6)
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Job 35:2‑3• 2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
 3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? (Job 35:2‑3)
• But the present appeal particularly is to his conscience. Will he annul, deny God’s righteous judgment, and condemn God that he may establish a petty human righteousness? For this is really what lay at the bottom of Job’s complaints. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)
• Elihu had already pressed upon Job these awful consequences of his thoughts: “I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment” (chap. 34: 5). “Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?” (chap. 35:2). (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?