Christian Standard Bible
Job 40:10
10Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
Job 40:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
- New International Version (NIV)Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.
Context of Job 40:10
8Would you really challenge my justice? Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself? 9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his? Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory. 11Pour out your raging anger; look on every proud person and humiliate him. 12Look on every proud person and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
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עֲדֵ֥ה נָ֣א גָֽא֣וֹן וָגֹ֑בַהּ וְה֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 40:10
- Job 39:19Do you give strength to the horse? Do you adorn his neck with a mane?
- Psalms 93:1The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, enveloped in strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.
- Psalms 104:1My soul, bless the Lord! Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with majesty and splendor.
- Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness as body armor, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to you. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all.
- Psalms 21:5His glory is great through your victory; you confer majesty and splendor on him.
- Psalms 45:3Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side. In your majesty and splendor —
- Matthew 6:13And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
- 2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
- Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, without blemish and with great joy,
- Exodus 28:2Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and beauty.
- Psalms 50:2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance.
- Psalms 90:16Let your work be seen by your servants, and your splendor by their children.
- Psalms 149:4For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
- Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
- 1 Corinthians 15:54When this corruptible body is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory.
Commentaries on Job 40:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Deck thyself now with majesty - Act like God, seeing thou hast been assuming to thyself perfections that belong to him alone.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency - That is, such as God has. Put on everything which you can, which would indicate rank, wealth, power, and see whether it could all be compared with the majesty of God; compare Psalm 104:1, “O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty.”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. 1010. See, hast thou power and majesty like God's, to enable thee to judge and govern the world?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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