Job 33:12
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12 “But in this you are not right. I will answer you:
God is greater than any mortal.
Ezekiel 18:25
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25 Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is unfair.” Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?(A)
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Job 36:5
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5 “Surely God is mighty and does not despise any;
he is mighty in strength of understanding.(A)
Romans 9:19-21
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God’s Wrath and Mercy
19 You will say to me then, “Why then does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”(A) 20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(B) 21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?(C)
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Jeremiah 18:6
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6 Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.(A)
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Job 40:8-9
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8 Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be justified?(A)
9 Have you an arm like God,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?(B)
Job 40:2
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Footnotes
- 40.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 36:22-23
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22 See, God is exalted in his power;
who is a teacher like him?
23 Who has prescribed for him his way,
or who can say, ‘You have done wrong’?(A)
Job 35:4
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4 I will answer you
and your friends with you.
Job 35:2
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2 “Do you think this to be just?
You say, ‘I am in the right before God.’(A)
Job 34:23
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23 For he has not appointed a time[a] for anyone
to go before God in judgment.
Footnotes
- 34.23 Cn: Heb yet
Job 34:17-19
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17 Shall one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn one who is righteous and mighty,(A)
18 who says to a king, ‘You scoundrel!’
and to princes, ‘You wicked men!’;(B)
19 who shows no partiality to nobles,
nor regards the rich more than the poor,
for they are all the work of his hands?(C)
Job 34:10-12
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10 “Therefore, hear me, you who have sense;
far be it from God that he should do wickedness
and from the Almighty[a] that he should do wrong.(A)
11 For according to their deeds he will repay them,
and according to their ways he will make it befall them.(B)
12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
and the Almighty[b] will not pervert justice.(C)
Job 32:17
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17 I also will give my answer;
I also will declare my opinion.
Job 26:14
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14 These are indeed but the outskirts of his ways,
and how small a whisper do we hear of him!
But the thunder of his power who can understand?”(A)
Job 9:4
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4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
who has resisted him and succeeded?(A)
Job 1:22
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22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.(A)
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