Job 40:2
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2 “Shall a faultfinder (A)contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
1 Corinthians 2:16
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16 (A)“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But (B)we have the mind of Christ.
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Job 33:13
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Isaiah 40:14
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14 Whom did he consult,
and who made him understand?
(A)Who taught him the path of justice,
and taught him knowledge,
and showed him the way of understanding?
Romans 9:19-23
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19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For (A)who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, (B)to answer back to God? (C)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 (D)Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump (E)one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience (F)vessels of wrath (G)prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known (H)the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he (I)has prepared beforehand for glory—
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Matthew 20:11
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11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house,
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Ezekiel 18:2
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2 “What do you[a] mean (A)by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, (B)‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge’?
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- Ezekiel 18:2 The Hebrew for you is plural
Isaiah 50:8
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8 (A)He who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
Isaiah 45:9-11
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9 (A)“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
(B)Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
10 Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
11 Thus says (C)the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
(D)“Ask me of things to come;
will you command me (E)concerning my children and (F)the work of my hands?[a]
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- Isaiah 45:11 A slight emendation yields will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands?
Job 27:2
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Job 19:6-11
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6 know then that God has (A)put me in the wrong
and closed his net about me.
7 Behold, I (B)cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
I call for help, but there is no justice.
8 He has (C)walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
and he has set darkness upon my paths.
9 He has (D)stripped from me my glory
and taken the (E)crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side, and I (F)am gone,
and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
11 He has kindled his wrath against me
and (G)counts me as his adversary.
Job 14:16-17
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16 For then you would (A)number my steps;
you would not keep (B)watch over my sin;
17 my transgression would be (C)sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
Job 13:21-27
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21 (A)withdraw your hand far from me,
and let not (B)dread of you terrify me.
22 (C)Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
(D)Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24 Why (E)do you hide your face
and (F)count me as your enemy?
25 Will you frighten (G)a driven leaf
and pursue dry (H)chaff?
26 For you (I)write bitter things against me
and make me inherit (J)the iniquities of my youth.
27 You put my feet in (K)the stocks
and (L)watch all my paths;
you set a limit for[a] the soles of my feet.
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- Job 13:27 Or you marked
Job 10:3-7
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3 (A)Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise (B)the work of your hands
(C)and favor the designs of the wicked?
4 Have you (D)eyes of flesh?
(E)Do you see as man sees?
5 Are your days as the days of man,
or your (F)years as a man's years,
6 that you (G)seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
7 although you (H)know that I am not guilty,
and there is (I)none to deliver out of your hand?
Job 9:17-18
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17 For he crushes me with a tempest
and multiplies my wounds (A)without cause;
18 he will not let me get my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
Job 9:3
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3 If one wished to (A)contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
Job 3:23
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Job 3:20
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20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to (A)the bitter in soul,
1 Corinthians 10:22
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22 (A)Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? (B)Are we stronger than he?
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Ecclesiastes 6:10
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10 Whatever has come to be has (A)already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to (B)dispute with one stronger than he.
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Job 30:21
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Job 16:11-21
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11 God gives me up to the ungodly
and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his (A)target;
13 his (B)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys (C)and does not spare;
he (D)pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with (E)breach upon breach;
he (F)runs upon me like a warrior.
15 I have sewed (G)sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid (H)my strength (I)in the dust.
16 My face is red with weeping,
and on my eyelids is (J)deep darkness,
17 although there is no (K)violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, (L)cover not my blood,
and let my (M)cry find no resting place.
19 Even now, behold, my (N)witness is in heaven,
and he who testifies for me is (O)on high.
20 My friends (P)scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would (Q)argue the case of a man with God,
as[a] a son of man does with his neighbor.
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- Job 16:21 Hebrew and
Job 10:14-17
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14 If I sin, you (A)watch me
and do not (B)acquit me of my iniquity.
15 (C)If I am guilty, woe to me!
If I am (D)in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and (E)look on my affliction.
16 And were my head lifted up,[a] you would hunt me like (F)a lion
and again work (G)wonders against me.
17 You renew your (H)witnesses against me
and increase your vexation toward me;
you (I)bring fresh troops against me.
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- Job 10:16 Hebrew lacks my head
Job 9:32-35
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32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,
that we should (A)come to trial together.
33 (B)There is no[a] arbiter between us,
who might lay his hand on us both.
34 (C)Let him take his (D)rod away from me,
and let (E)not dread of him terrify me.
35 Then I would speak without fear of him,
for I am not so in myself.
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- Job 9:33 Or Would that there were an
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