Job 32:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job, because he justified himself rather than God.

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  • Gen 22:21 : 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
  • Job 27:5 : 5 God forbid that I should justify you: until I die I will not renounce my integrity.
  • Job 35:2 : 2 Do you think this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen on me.
  • Mark 3:5 : 5 And when he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
  • Job 30:21 : 21 You have become cruel to me: with Your strong hand You oppose Yourself against me.
  • Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my justice. 6 Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.
  • Job 34:17-18 : 17 Shall even he who hates justice govern? And will you condemn Him who is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? And to princes, You are ungodly?
  • Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
  • Job 27:2 : 2 As God lives, who has taken away my justice, and the Almighty, who has troubled my soul;

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