Berean Standard Bible
Job 40:2
2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
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
1And the LORD said to Job: “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.” 3Then Job answered the LORD: 4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Read all of Job 40Job 40:2 word by word
הֲ֭רֹב עִם־שַׁדַּ֣י יִסּ֑וֹר מוֹכִ֖יחַ אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 40:2
- Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
- Job 33:13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
- Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
- Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Isaiah 50:8The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
- Isaiah 40:14Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
- 1 Corinthians 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
- Job 3:11Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
- Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
- Job 9:17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
- Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
- Job 13:21Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
- Job 14:16For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
- Job 16:11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
- Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn 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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