Job 34:36

³⁶ If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.

Semantically similar passages

Job 40:7–9

⁷ “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me. ⁸ Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself? ⁹ Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

Job 34:4–6

⁴ Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good. ⁵ For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice. ⁶ Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Job 9:2–4

² “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God? ³ If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. ⁴ God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Job 9:14–16

¹⁴ How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him? ¹⁵ For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy. ¹⁶ If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

Job 13:6–8

⁶ Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips. ⁷ Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him? ⁸ Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?

Job 10:2–4

² I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me. ³ Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked? ⁴ Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

Job 9:28–30

²⁸ I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me. ²⁹ Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain? ³⁰ If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

Job 6:25–27

²⁵ How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove? ²⁶ Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair? ²⁷ You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.

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