Job 40:2 Cross References

Job 40:2

2: "Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God's critic, but do you have the answers?"

1 Corinthians 2:16

  1. How could they? For, "Who can know what the Lord is thinking? Who can give him counsel?" But we can understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.

Job 33:13

  1. So why are you bringing a charge against him? You say, `He does not respond to people's complaints.'

Isaiah 40:14

  1. Has the LORD ever needed anyone's advice? Does he need instruction about what is good or what is best?

Romans 11:34

  1. For who can know what the Lord is thinking? Who knows enough to be his counselor?
  2. And who could ever give him so much that he would have to pay it back?
  3. For everything comes from him; everything exists by his power and is intended for his glory. To him be glory evermore. Amen.

Matthew 20:11

  1. When they received their pay, they protested,

Job 13:21

  1. Remove your hand from me, and don't terrify me with your awesome presence.
  2. Now summon me, and I will answer! Or let me speak to you, and you reply.
  3. Tell me, what have I done wrong? Show me my rebellion and my sin.
  4. Why do you turn away from me? Why do you consider me your enemy?
  5. Would you terrify a leaf that is blown by the wind? Would you chase a dry stalk of grass?

Job 3:23

  1. Why is life given to those with no future, those destined by God to live in distress?

Job 10:3

  1. What do you gain by oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while sending joy and prosperity to the wicked?
  2. Are your eyes only those of a human? Do you see things as people see them?
  3. Is your lifetime merely human? Is your life so short
  4. that you are in a hurry to probe for my guilt, to search for my sin?
  5. Although you know I am not guilty, no one can rescue me from your power.

Job 19:6

  1. but it is God who has wronged me. I cannot defend myself, for I am like a city under siege.
  2. "I cry out for help, but no one hears me. I protest, but there is no justice.
  3. God has blocked my way and plunged my path into darkness.
  4. He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
  5. He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished. He has destroyed my hope.

Job 14:16

  1. For then you would count my steps, instead of watching for my sins.
  2. My sins would be sealed in a pouch, and you would cover over my iniquity.

Ezekiel 18:2

  1. "Why do you quote this proverb in the land of Israel: `The parents have eaten sour grapes, but their children's mouths pucker at the taste'?

Job 27:2

  1. "I make this vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul.

Romans 9:19

  1. Well then, you might say, "Why does God blame people for not listening? Haven't they simply done what he made them do?"
  2. No, don't say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to criticize God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who made it, "Why have you made me like this?"
  3. When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn't he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into?
  4. God has every right to exercise his judgment and his power, but he also has the right to be very patient with those who are the objects of his judgment and are fit only for destruction.
  5. He also has the right to pour out the riches of his glory upon those he prepared to be the objects of his mercy--

Job 9:3

  1. If someone wanted to take God to court, would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?

Job 9:17

  1. For he attacks me without reason, and he multiplies my wounds without cause.
  2. He will not let me catch my breath, but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.

Job 3:20

  1. "Oh, why should light be given to the weary, and life to those in misery?

Isaiah 50:8

  1. He who gives me justice is near. Who will dare to oppose me now? Where are my enemies? Let them appear!

Isaiah 45:9

  1. "Destruction is certain for those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot ever argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, `Stop, you are doing it wrong!' Does the pot exclaim, `How clumsy can you be!'
  2. How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father and mother, `Why was I born? Why did you make me this way?'"
  3. This is what the LORD, the Creator and Holy One of Israel, says: "Do you question what I do? Do you give me orders about the work of my hands?

Job 7:19

  1. Why won't you leave me alone--even for a moment?
  2. Have I sinned? What have I done to you, O watcher of all humanity? Why have you made me your target? Am I a burden to you?
  3. Why not just pardon my sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone."

Job 7:12

  1. Am I a sea monster that you place a guard on me?

Job 30:21

  1. You have become cruel toward me. You persecute me with your great power.

1 Corinthians 10:22

  1. What? Do you dare to rouse the Lord's jealousy as Israel did? Do you think we are stronger than he is?

Job 9:32

  1. "God is not a mortal like me, so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.
  2. If only there were a mediator who could bring us together, but there is none.
  3. The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.
  4. Then I could speak to him without fear, but I cannot do that in my own strength.

Ecclesiastes 6:10

  1. Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there's no use arguing with God about your destiny.

Job 3:11

  1. "Why didn't I die at birth as I came from the womb?
  2. Why did my mother let me live? Why did she nurse me at her breasts?

Job 16:11

  1. God has handed me over to sinners. He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked.
  2. "I was living quietly until he broke me apart. He took me by the neck and dashed me to pieces. Then he set me up as his target.
  3. His archers surrounded me, and his arrows pierced me without mercy. The ground is wet with my blood.
  4. Again and again he smashed me, charging at me like a warrior.
  5. Here I sit in sackcloth. I have surrendered, and I sit in the dust.

Job 10:14

  1. was to watch me, and if I sinned, you would not forgive my iniquity.
  2. If I am guilty, too bad for me. And even if I'm innocent, I am filled with shame and misery so that I can't hold my head high.
  3. And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion and display your awesome power against me.
  4. Again and again you witness against me. You pour out an ever-increasing volume of anger upon me and bring fresh armies against me.
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