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Job 40:2
2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who disputes with God answer it.”
Job 40:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- New International Version (NIV)“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
Context of Job 40:2
1Then the Lord said to Job, “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who disputes with God answer it.” 3Then Job replied to the Lord and said, 4“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Read all of Job 40Job 40:2 word by word
הֲ֭רֹב עִם־שַׁדַּ֣י יִסּ֑וֹר מוֹכִ֖יחַ אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 40:2
- Job 9:3If one should want to contend or dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
- Job 33:13“Why do you complain against Him? That He does not answer [you with] all His doings.
- Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever exists has already been named [long ago], and it is known what [a frail being] man is; for he cannot dispute with Him who is mightier than he.
- Isaiah 45:9“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker— A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Isaiah 50:8He who declares Me in the right is near; Who will [dare to] contend with Me? Let us stand up to each other; Who is My adversary? Let him approach Me.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Do we [really] provoke the Lord to jealousy [when we eat food sacrificed to handmade “gods” at pagan feasts]? Are we [spiritually] stronger than He? [Certainly not! He knows that the idols are nothing. But we deeply offend Him.]
- Isaiah 40:14With whom did He consult and who enlightened Him? Who taught Him the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding?
- 1 Corinthians 2:16For who has known the mind and purposes of the Lord, so as to instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ [to be guided by His thoughts and purposes].
- Job 3:11“Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?
- Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?
- Job 9:17For He bruises me with a tempest And multiplies my wounds without cause.
- Job 10:3Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress, To despise and reject the work of Your hands, And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?
- Job 13:21Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering, And let not the dread of You terrify me.
- Job 14:16But now You number [each of] my steps; You do not observe nor take note of my sin.
- Job 16:11God hands me over to criminals And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.
- Job 19:6Know then that God has wronged me and overthrown me And has closed His net around me.
Commentaries on Job 40:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He that reproveth God, let him answer it - Let the man who has made so free with God and his government, answer to what he has now heard.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Shall he that contendeth with the A mighty instruct him? - Gesenius renders this, “Contending shall the reprover of God contend with the Almighty?” Prof. Lee, “Shall one by contending with the Almighty correct this?” On the grammatical construction, see Gesenius on the word יסור yissôr and Rosenmuller and Lee, in loc. The meaning seems to be this: “Will he who would enter into a controversy with the Almighty now presume to instruct him? He that was so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The ancient Greek Old Testament (Septuagint) does not include the end of God's first speech.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. he that contendeth--as Job had so often expressed a wish to do. Or, rebuketh. Does Job now still (after seeing and hearing of God's majesty and wisdom) wish to set God right? answer it--namely, the questions I have asked.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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