Christian Standard Bible
Job 40:9
9Do you have an arm like God’s? 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
7Get ready to answer me like a man; When I question you, you will inform me. 8Would you really challenge my justice? Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself? Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his? 10Adorn 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.
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 and all-powerful. Who has opposed him and come out unharmed?
- Job 23:6Would he prosecute me forcefully? No, he would certainly pay attention to me.
- Job 33:12But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter, since God is greater than man.
- Exodus 15:6Lord, your right hand is glorious in power. Lord, your right hand shattered the enemy.
- Psalms 89:10You crushed Rahab like one who is slain; you scattered your enemies with your powerful arm.
- Isaiah 45:9“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker — one clay pot among many. Does clay say to the one forming it, ‘What are you making? ’ Or does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we provoking the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
- Job 37:4Then there comes a roaring sound; God thunders with his majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when his rumbling voice is heard.
- Psalms 39:3My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, a fire burned. 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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