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Job 40:9
9Have you an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
Job 40:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- New International Version (NIV)Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
Context of Job 40:9
7“Now gird up your loins (prepare yourself) like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me. 8Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void? Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified? Have you an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His? 10“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity [since you question the Almighty], And array yourself with honor and majesty. 11Pour out the overflowings of your wrath, And look at everyone who is proud and make him low.
Read all of Job 40Job 40:9 word by word
וְאִם־זְר֖וֹעַ כָּאֵ֥ל׀ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝בְק֗וֹל כָּמֹ֥הוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 40:9
- Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?
- Job 23:6Would He contend against me with His great power? No, surely He would give attention to me.
- Job 33:12Look, let me answer you, in this you are not right or just; For God is greater and far superior to man.
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
- Psalms 89:10You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
- 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’?
- 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.]
- Job 37:4After it, His voice roars; He thunders with the voice of His majesty, And He does not restrain His lightning [against His adversaries] when His voice is heard.
- Psalms 39:3My heart was hot within me. While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:
Commentaries on Job 40:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Hast thou an arm like God? - Every word, from this to the end of Job 40:14, has a wonderful tendency to humble the soul; and it is no wonder that at the conclusion of these sayings Job fell in the dust confounded, and ascribed righteousness to his Maker.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Hast thou an arm like God? - The arm is the symbol of strength. The question here is, whether Job would venture to compare his strength with the omnipotence of God? Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? - Thunder is a symbol of the majesty of the Most High, and is often spoken of as the voice of God; see Psalm 29:1-11. The question here is, whether Job could presume to compare himself with the Almighty, whose voice was the thunder?Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Those who profit by what they have heard from God, shall hear more from him. And those who are truly convinced of sin, yet need to be more thoroughly convinced and more humbled. No doubt God, and he only, has power to humble and bring down proud men; he has wisdom to know when and how to do it, and it is not for us to teach him how to govern the world. Our own hands cannot save us by recommending us to God's grace, much less rescuing us from…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. arm--God's omnipotence (Is 53:1). thunder--God's voice (Job 37:4).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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