Job 40:2
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- 40.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
1 Corinthians 2:16
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16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord
so as to instruct him?”
But we have the mind of Christ.(A)
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Isaiah 40:14
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14 Whom did he consult for his enlightenment,
and who taught him the path of justice?
[[Who taught him knowledge
and showed him the way of understanding?
Romans 11:34-36
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34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”(A)
35 “Or who has given a gift to him,
to receive a gift in return?”
36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.(B)
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Job 33:13
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- 33.13 Compare Gk: Heb his
Romans 9:19-23
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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) 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction,(D) 23 and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—
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Matthew 20:11
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11 And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner,
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Ezekiel 18:2
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2 What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, “The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?(A)
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Isaiah 50:8
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8 he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand in court together.
Who are my adversaries?
Let them confront me.(A)
Isaiah 45:9-11
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9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker,
earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
or “Your work has no handles”?(A)
10 Woe to anyone who says to a father, “What are you fathering?”
or to a woman, “With what are you in labor?”
11 Thus says the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel and its Maker:
Will you question me[b] about my children
or command me concerning the work of my hands?(B)
Job 27:2
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- 27.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 19:6-11
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6 know then that God has put me in the wrong
and closed his net around me.(A)
7 Even when I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I am not answered;
I call aloud, but there is no justice.(B)
8 He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
and he has set darkness upon my paths.(C)
9 He has stripped my glory from me
and taken the crown from my head.(D)
10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
he has uprooted my hope like a tree.(E)
11 He has kindled his wrath against me
and counts me as his adversary.(F)
Job 14:16-17
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16 For then you would not[a] number my steps;
you would not keep watch over my sin;(A)
17 my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.(B)
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- 14.16 Syr: Heb lacks not
Job 13:21-27
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21 withdraw your hand far from me,
and do not let dread of you terrify me.(A)
22 Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.(B)
23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.(C)
24 Why do you hide your face
and count me as your enemy?(D)
25 Will you frighten a windblown leaf
and pursue dry chaff?(E)
26 For you write bitter things against me
and make me reap[a] the iniquities of my youth.(F)
27 You put my feet in the stocks
and watch all my paths;
you set a bound to the soles of my feet.
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- 13.26 Heb inherit
Job 10:3-7
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3 Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the schemes of the wicked?(A)
4 Do you have eyes of flesh?
Do you see as humans see?(B)
5 Are your days like the days of mortals
or your years like human years,(C)
6 that you seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
7 although you know that I am not guilty,
and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?(D)
Job 9:17-18
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17 For he crushes me with a tempest
and multiplies my wounds without cause;(A)
18 he will not let me get my breath
but fills me with bitterness.(B)
Job 9:3
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3 If one wished to contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand.(A)
Job 3:23
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23 Why is light given to one who cannot see the way,
whom God has fenced in?(A)
Job 3:20
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20 “Why is light given to one in misery
and life to the bitter in soul,(A)
1 Corinthians 10:22
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22 Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?(A)
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Ecclesiastes 6:10
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10 Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what humans are and that they are not able to dispute with those who are stronger.(A)
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Job 30:21
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21 You have turned cruel to me;
with the might of your hand you persecute me.(A)
Job 16:11-21
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11 God gives me up to the evil
and casts me into the hands of the wicked.(A)
12 I was at ease, and he broke me in two;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target;(B)
13 his archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys and shows no mercy;
he pours out my gall on the ground.(C)
14 He bursts upon me again and again;
he rushes at me like a warrior.(D)
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid my strength in the dust.(E)
16 My face is red with weeping,
and deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 though there is no violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.(F)
18 “O earth, do not cover my blood;
let my outcry find no resting place.(G)
19 Even now my witness is in heaven,
and my advocate is on high.(H)
20 My friends scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God,
as[a] one does for a neighbor.(I)
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- 16.21 Syr Vg Tg: Heb and
Job 10:14-17
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14 If I sin, you watch me
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.(A)
15 If I am wicked, woe to me!
If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and look upon my affliction.(B)
16 Bold as a lion you hunt me;
you repeat your exploits against me.(C)
17 You renew your witnesses against me
and increase your vexation toward me;
you bring fresh troops against me.[a](D)
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- 10.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb toward me; changes and a troop are with me
Job 9:32-35
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32 For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him,
that we should come to trial together.(A)
33 There is no mediator[a] between us,
who might lay his hand on us both.(B)
34 If he would take his rod away from me
and not let dread of him terrify me,(C)
35 then I would speak without fear of him,
for I know I am not what I am thought to be.[b]
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