In Job 3:12, Job continues his lament about birth — God's challenge directly confronts this kind of questioning.

Job 33:13 asks why Job strives against God; Job 40:2 similarly questions contending with the Almighty.

In Job 27:2, Job laments that God has denied him justice — the very contention God challenges in 40:2.

In Job 19:6-11, Job accuses God of wronging him and counting him as an enemy — God now challenges that claim.

In Job 16:11-21, Job laments God's attack and longs for a mediator — the very contention God now answers.

In Job 14:17, Job says God seals up his transgression — part of the grievance God now confronts.

In Job 14:16, Job says God numbers his steps — a complaint God now challenges as contending.

In Job 13:21-27, Job demands God withdraw and let him speak — God now calls him to answer.

In Job 10:14-17, Job feels God hunts him and renews accusations — the contention God now addresses.

In Job 10:3-7, Job questions God's justice and scrutiny — the very challenge God now rebukes.

In Job 9:18, Job complains God fills him with bitterness — a specific grievance God now confronts.

In Job 9:17, Job accuses God of crushing him without cause — the very contention God now challenges.

Job 9:3 says no one can answer God when contending; Job 40:2 challenges Job to answer, echoing that impossibility.

In Job 3:11, Job laments his birth — the very complaint God now challenges him to answer.

In Job 7:19-21, Job questions God's relentless attention and asks for pardon — God now calls him to account for contending.

In Job 7:12, Job asks if he is a sea monster that God guards him — God's challenge in 40:2 responds to this accusation.

In Job 3:23, Job complains about being hedged in by God — God now demands an answer for such contention.

In Job 3:20, Job questions why life is given to the suffering — God's rebuke in 40:2 targets such complaints.

In Job 9:32-35, Job wishes for a mediator to argue his case — God now demands that he answer directly.

In Job 13:15, Job resolves to defend his ways before God — the very contention God challenges in 40:2.

Job 21:22 asks who can teach God — parallel to God's challenge in 40:2 against those who correct Him.

Job 33:12, Elihu tells Job that God is greater than man — the same point God makes in 40:2.

In Job 30:21, Job accuses God of cruelty — the kind of contention God rebukes in 40:2.

Job 8:3 asks if God perverts justice — the issue behind God's challenge in 40:2.

Ecclesiastes 6:10 states man cannot contend with the mightier; Job 40:2 echoes that theme of not disputing with God.

Isaiah 45:9-11 warns against striving with one's Maker, using clay and potter imagery, paralleling Job 40:2's challenge.

Romans 9:19-23 addresses the objection 'who can resist God's will?' — echoing God's challenge to Job in 40:2.

Romans 11:34-36 asks who can counsel God — directly parallel to God's challenge in 40:2.

Daniel 4:35 declares none can say 'What doest thou?' to God — directly answering Job 40:2's challenge about contending with the Almighty.

Romans 9:20 asks 'who art thou that repliest against God?' — a clear parallel to Job 40:2, reinforcing the impropriety of questioning God.

In Isaiah 40:14, no one instructs God — reinforcing the point that humans cannot correct or contend with Him.

In 1 Corinthians 2:16, Paul quotes Isaiah about no one instructing the Lord — directly parallel to God's challenge to Job.

In 1 Corinthians 10:22, Paul asks if we are stronger than God — echoing the same challenge against provoking or contending with the Almighty.