Verse 2

Shall he that cavilleth{H3250} contend{H7378} with the Almighty{H7706}? He that argueth{H3198} with God, let him answer{H6030} it.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why dost thou strive{H7378} against him, For that he giveth not account{H6030} of any of his matters?{H1697}
  • Job 9:3 : 3 If he be{H2654} pleased to contend{H7378} with him, He cannot answer{H6030} him one{H259} of a thousand.{H505}
  • Isa 45:9-9 : 9 Woe{H1945} unto him that striveth{H7378} with his Maker!{H3335} a potsherd{H2789} among the potsherds{H2789} of the earth!{H127} Shall the clay{H2563} say{H559} to him that fashioneth{H3335} it, What makest{H6213} thou? or thy work,{H6467} He hath no hands?{H3027} 10 Woe{H1945} unto him that saith{H559} unto a father,{H1} What begettest{H3205} thou? or to a woman,{H802} With what travailest{H2342} thou? 11 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the Holy One{H6918} of Israel,{H3478} and his Maker:{H3335} Ask{H7592} me of the things that are to come;{H857} concerning my sons,{H1121} and concerning the work{H6467} of my hands,{H3027} command{H6680} ye me.
  • Isa 50:8 : 8 He is near{H7138} that justifieth{H6663} me; who will contend{H7378} with me? let us stand{H5975} up together:{H3162} who is mine adversary?{H1167} let him come near{H5066} to me.
  • Ezek 18:2 : 2 What mean ye, that ye use{H4911} this proverb{H4912} concerning the land{H127} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} The fathers{H1} have eaten{H398} sour grapes,{H1155} and the children's{H1121} teeth{H8127} are set on edge?{H6949}
  • Matt 20:11 : 11 And{G1161} when they received{G2983} it, they murmured{G1111} against{G2596} the householder,{G3617}
  • Rom 9:19-23 : 19 Thou wilt say{G2046} then{G3767} unto me,{G3427} Why{G5101} doth he{G3201} still{G2089} find fault?{G3201} For{G1063} who{G5101} withstandeth{G436} his{G846} will?{G1013} 20 Nay but,{G3304} O{G5599} man,{G444} who{G5101} art{G1488} thou{G4771} that repliest against{G470} God?{G2316} Shall{G2046} the thing formed{G4110} say{G2046} to him that formed{G4111} it, Why{G5101} didst thou make{G4160} me{G3165} thus?{G3779} 21 Or hath{G2192} not{G3756} the potter{G2763} a right{G1849} over the clay,{G4081} from the same{G846} lump{G5445} to{G1519} make{G4160} one{G3303} part a vessel{G4632} unto{G1519} honor,{G5092} and{G1161} another{G3739} unto{G1519} dishonor?{G819} 22 What{G1161} if{G1487} God,{G2316} willing{G2309} to show{G1731} his wrath,{G3709} and{G2532} to make{G1107} his{G846} power{G1415} known,{G1107} endured{G5342} with{G1722} much{G4183} longsuffering{G3115} vessels{G4632} of wrath{G3709} fitted{G2675} unto{G1519} destruction:{G684} 23 and{G2532} that{G2443} he might make known{G1107} the riches{G4149} of his{G846} glory{G1391} upon{G1909} vessels{G4632} of mercy,{G1656} which{G3739} he afore prepared{G4282} unto{G1519} glory,{G1391}
  • Rom 11:34-36 : 34 For{G1063} who{G5101} hath known{G1097} the mind{G3563} of the Lord?{G2962} or{G2228} who{G5101} hath been{G1096} his{G846} counsellor?{G4825} 35 or{G2228} who{G5101} hath first given{G4272} to him,{G846} and{G2532} it shall be recompensed{G467} unto him{G846} again?{G467} 36 For{G3754} of{G1537} him,{G846} and{G2532} through{G1223} him,{G846} and{G2532} unto{G1519} him,{G846} are all things.{G3956} To{G1519} him{G846} [be] the glory{G1391} for{G1519} ever.{G165} Amen.{G281}
  • 1 Cor 2:16 : 16 For{G1063} who{G5101} hath known{G1097} the mind{G3563} of the Lord,{G2962} that{G3739} he should instruct{G4822} him?{G846} But{G1161} we{G2249} have{G2192} the mind{G3563} of Christ.{G5547}
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we{G2070} provoke{G3863} the Lord{G2962} to jealousy?{G3863} are we{G2070} stronger{G2478} than he?{G846}
  • Job 9:17-18 : 17 For he breaketh{H7779} me with a tempest,{H8183} And multiplieth{H7235} my wounds{H6482} without cause.{H2600} 18 He will not suffer{H5414} me to take{H7725} my breath,{H7307} But filleth{H7646} me with bitterness.{H4472}
  • Job 9:32-35 : 32 For he is not a man,{H376} as I am, that I should answer{H6030} him, That we should come{H935} together{H3162} in judgment.{H4941} 33 There is{H3426} no umpire{H3198} betwixt us, That might lay{H7896} his hand{H3027} upon us both.{H8147} 34 Let him take{H5493} his rod{H7626} away{H5493} from me, And let not his terror{H367} make me afraid:{H367} 35 Then would I speak,{H1696} and not fear{H3372} him; For I am not so in myself.
  • Job 10:3-7 : 3 Is it good{H2895} unto thee that thou shouldest oppress,{H6231} That thou shouldest despise{H3988} the work{H3018} of thy hands,{H3709} And shine{H3313} upon the counsel{H6098} of the wicked?{H7563} 4 Hast thou eyes{H5869} of flesh?{H1320} Or seest{H7200} thou as man{H582} seeth?{H7200} 5 Are thy days{H3117} as the days{H3117} of man,{H582} Or thy years{H8141} as man's{H1397} days,{H3117} 6 That thou inquirest{H1245} after mine iniquity,{H5771} And searchest{H1875} after my sin,{H2403} 7 Although thou knowest{H1847} that I am not wicked,{H7561} And there is none that can deliver{H5337} out of thy hand?{H3027}
  • Job 10:14-17 : 14 If I sin,{H2398} then thou markest{H8104} me, And thou wilt not acquit{H5352} me from mine iniquity.{H5771} 15 If I be wicked,{H7561} woe{H480} unto me; And if I be righteous,{H6663} yet shall I not lift up{H5375} my head;{H7218} Being filled{H7649} with ignominy,{H7036} And looking{H7202} upon mine affliction.{H6040} 16 And if [my head] exalt{H1342} itself, thou huntest{H6679} me as a lion;{H7826} And again{H7725} thou showest thyself marvellous{H6381} upon me. 17 Thou renewest{H2318} thy witnesses{H5707} against me, And increasest{H7235} thine indignation{H3708} upon me:{H5978} Changes{H2487} and warfare{H6635} are with me.
  • Job 13:21-27 : 21 Withdraw{H7368} thy hand{H3709} far{H7368} from me; And let not thy terror{H367} make me afraid.{H1204} 22 Then call{H7121} thou, and I will answer;{H6030} Or let me speak,{H1696} and answer{H7725} thou me. 23 How many are mine iniquities{H5771} and sins?{H2403} Make me to know{H3045} my transgression{H6588} and my sin.{H2403} 24 Wherefore hidest{H5641} thou thy face,{H6440} And holdest{H2803} me for thine enemy?{H341} 25 Wilt thou harass{H6206} a driven{H5086} leaf?{H5929} And wilt thou pursue{H7291} the dry{H3002} stubble?{H7179} 26 For thou writest{H3789} bitter things{H4846} against me, And makest me to inherit{H3423} the iniquities{H5771} of my youth:{H5271} 27 Thou puttest{H7760} my feet{H7272} also in the stocks,{H5465} And markest{H8104} all my paths;{H734} Thou settest a bound{H2707} to the soles{H8328} of my feet:{H7272}
  • Job 14:16-17 : 16 But now thou numberest{H5608} my steps:{H6806} Dost thou not watch{H8104} over my sin?{H2403} 17 My transgression{H6588} is sealed up{H2856} in a bag,{H6872} And thou fastenest up{H2950} mine iniquity.{H5771}
  • Job 16:11-21 : 11 God{H410} delivereth{H5462} me to the ungodly,{H5760} And casteth me into{H3399} the hands{H3027} of the wicked.{H7563} 12 I was at ease,{H7961} and he brake me asunder;{H6565} Yea, he hath taken{H270} me by the neck,{H6203} and dashed me to pieces:{H6327} He hath also set me up{H6965} for his mark.{H4307} 13 His archers{H7228} compass me round about;{H5437} He cleaveth{H6398} my reins{H3629} asunder,{H6398} and doth not spare;{H2550} He poureth out{H8210} my gall{H4845} upon the ground.{H776} 14 He breaketh{H6555} me with breach{H6556} upon{H6440} breach;{H6556} He runneth{H7323} upon me like a giant.{H1368} 15 I have sewed{H8609} sackcloth{H8242} upon my skin,{H1539} And have laid{H5953} my horn{H7161} in the dust.{H6083} 16 My face{H6440} is red{H2560} with weeping,{H1065} And on my eyelids{H6079} is the shadow of death;{H6757} 17 Although there is no violence{H2555} in my hands,{H3709} And my prayer{H8605} is pure.{H2134} 18 O earth,{H776} cover{H3680} not thou my blood,{H1818} And let my cry{H2201} have no [resting] -place.{H4725} 19 Even now, behold, my witness{H5707} is in heaven,{H8064} And he that voucheth{H7717} for me is on high.{H4791} 20 My friends{H7453} scoff{H3887} at me: [But] mine eye{H5869} poureth out{H1811} tears unto God,{H433} 21 That he would maintain{H3198} the right of a man{H1397} with God,{H433} And of a son of man{H120} with his neighbor!{H1121}
  • Job 19:6-9 : 6 Know{H3045} now{H645} that God{H433} hath subverted{H5791} me [in my cause], And hath compassed{H5362} me with his net.{H4686} 7 Behold, I cry out{H6817} of wrong,{H2555} but I am not heard:{H6030} I cry{H7768} for help, but there is no justice.{H4941} 8 He hath walled up{H1443} my way{H734} that I cannot pass,{H5674} And hath set{H7760} darkness{H2822} in my paths.{H5410} 9 He hath stripped{H6584} me of my glory,{H3519} And taken{H5493} the crown{H5850} from my head.{H7218} 10 He hath broken{H5422} me down on every side,{H5439} and I am gone;{H3212} And my hope{H8615} hath he plucked{H5265} up like a tree.{H6086} 11 He hath also kindled{H2734} his wrath{H639} against me, And he counteth{H2803} me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.{H6862}
  • Job 27:2 : 2 As God{H410} liveth,{H2416} who hath taken away{H5493} my right,{H4941} And the Almighty,{H7706} who hath vexed{H4843} my soul:{H5315}
  • Job 30:21 : 21 Thou art turned{H2015} to be cruel{H393} to me; With the might{H6108} of thy hand{H3027} thou persecutest{H7852} me.
  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 Whatsoever hath been, the name{H7121} thereof was given long ago;{H3528} and it is known{H3045} what man{H120} is; neither can{H3201} he contend{H1777} with him that is mightier{H8623} than he.
  • Isa 40:14 : 14 With whom took he counsel,{H3289} and who instructed{H995} him, and taught{H3925} him in the path{H734} of justice,{H4941} and taught{H3925} him knowledge,{H1847} and showed{H3045} to him the way{H1870} of understanding?{H8394}
  • Job 3:11-12 : 11 Why died{H4191} I not from the womb?{H7358} Why did I not give up the ghost{H1478} when my mother{H990} bare{H3318} me? 12 Why did the knees{H1290} receive{H6923} me? Or why the breast,{H7699} that I should suck?{H3243}
  • Job 3:20 : 20 Wherefore is light{H216} given{H5414} to him that is in misery,{H6001} And life{H2416} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul;{H5315}
  • Job 3:23 : 23 [ Why is light given] to a man{H1397} whose way{H1870} is hid,{H5641} And whom God{H433} hath hedged in?{H5526}
  • Job 7:12 : 12 Am I a sea,{H3220} or a sea-monster,{H8577} That thou settest{H7760} a watch{H4929} over me?
  • Job 7:19-21 : 19 How long{H4100} wilt thou not look away{H8159} from me, Nor let me alone{H7503} till I swallow down{H1104} my spittle?{H7536} 20 If I have sinned,{H2398} what I unto thee, O thou watcher{H5341} of men?{H120} Why hast thou set{H7760} me as a mark{H4645} for thee, So that I am a burden{H4853} to myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon{H5375} my transgression,{H6588} and take away{H5674} mine iniquity?{H5771} For now shall I lie down{H7901} in the dust;{H6083} And thou wilt seek me diligently,{H7836} but I shall not be.