Berean Standard Bible
Job 15:25
25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
Job 15:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
- New International Version (NIV)because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
Context of Job 15:25
23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. 24Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack. For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, 26rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield. 27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
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כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה אֶל־אֵ֣ל יָד֑וֹ וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 15:25
- Leviticus 26:23And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Psalms 73:9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
- Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
- Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- Malachi 3:13“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
- Acts 9:5“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
- Acts 12:1About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
- Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Exodus 9:17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
- 1 Samuel 4:7the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
- 1 Samuel 6:6Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
- Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
Commentaries on Job 15:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25He stretcheth out his hand against God - While in power he thought himself supreme. He not only did not acknowledge God, by whom kings reign, but stretched out his hand - used his power, not to protect, but to oppress those over whom he had supreme rule; and thus strengthened himself against the Almighty.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25For he stretcheth out his hand against God - The hand is stretched out for battle. It wields the spear or the sword against an enemy. The idea here is, that the wicked man makes God an adversary. He does not contend with his fellow-man, with fate, with the elements, with evil angels, but with God. His opponent is an Almighty Being, and he cannot prevail against him; compare the notes at Isaiah 27:4. And strengtheneth himself - As an army does that throws…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-35Verses 17-35 Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Earlier, Job complained that God was treating him like a powerful enemy (7:19–21; 13:24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. stretcheth ... hand--wielding the spear, as a bold rebel against God (Job 9:4; Is 27:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 15
- 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
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