Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your
Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thun
I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.