Job 40 · Verse 8

Job 40:8

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Job 40:8, King James Version

Job 40:8 in other translations

BSBWould you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
WEBWill you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
ASVWilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
YLTDost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
DARBYWilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
BBEWill you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
WebsterWilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

What does Job 40:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. Wilt thou not only contend with, but set aside My judgment or justice in the government of the world? condemn--declare Me unrighteous, in order that thou mayest be accounted righteous (innocent; undeservingly afflicted).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Wilt thou condemn me - Rather than submit to be thought in the wrong, wilt thou condemn My conduct, in order to justify thyself? Some men will never acknowledge themselves in the wrong. "God may err, but we cannot," seems to be their impious maxim. Unwillingness to acknowledge a fault frequently leads men, directly or indirectly, to this sort of blasphemy. There are three words most difficult to be pronounced in all languages, - I Am Wrong.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 40:6-14

Those who profit by what they have heard from God, shall hear more from him. And those who are truly convinced of sin, yet need to be more thoroughly convinced and more humbled. No doubt God, and he only, has power to humble and bring down proud men; he has wisdom to know when and how to do it, and it is not for us to teach him how to govern the world. Our own hands cannot save us by recommending us to God's grace…

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Job 40:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַ֭אַףHa.'af¿ evenH637
תָּפֵ֣רta.Ferwill you annulH6565
מִשְׁפָּטִ֑יmish.pa.Tijustice myH4941
תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִיtar.shi.'E.niwill you condemn as guilty? meH7561
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616
תִּצְדָּֽק\׃titz.Dakyou may be justifiedH6663

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 40:8

  • Romans 3:4

    God 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.

  • Job 32:2

    Then 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.

  • Isaiah 28:18

    And 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.

  • Job 10:3

    Is 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?

  • Psalms 51:4

    Against 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.

  • Job 34:5-6

    For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

  • Isaiah 14:27

    For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

  • Job 27:2-6

    As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. …

  • Job 35:2-3

    Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s? For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

  • Galatians 3:17

    And 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.

  • Galatians 3:15

    Brethren, 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.

  • Hebrews 7:18

    For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wilt.
Ps 51:4; Ro 3:4
disannul.
Isa 14:27; 28:18; Ga 3:15,17; Heb 7:18
wilt thou condemn.
10:3; 27:2-6; 32:2; 34:5,6; 35:2,3

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Context

  • Job 40:7

    Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

  • Job 40:8

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

  • Job 40:9

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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Job 40:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Encúbrelos á todos en el polvo, venda sus rostros en la oscuridad;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Veux-tu donc anéantir mon jugement? Me démontreras-tu inique afin de te justifier?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Verbirg sie allesamt in den Staub, schließe ihre Angesichter in Verborgenheit ein!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Absconde eos in pulvere simul, et facies eorum demerge in foveam.