Job 40:8

⁴May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”

²Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.

¹⁸Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol^[+] shall not stand. When the overflowing scourge passes through, then you will be trampled down by it.

⁵For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right. ⁶Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’

³Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

¹⁷Now I say this: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

¹⁸For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

²“Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’ ³that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’

¹⁵Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds to it.

²“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter ³(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils); ⁴surely my lips will not speak unrighteousness, neither will my tongue utter deceit. ⁵Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me. ⁶I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.