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Job 40:2
2Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth 1God, let him answer it.
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 Jehovah answered Job and said, Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 3And Job answered Jehovah and said, 4Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
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הֲ֭רֹב עִם־שַׁדַּ֣י יִסּ֑וֹר מוֹכִ֖יחַ אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 40:2
- Job 9:3If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
- Job 33:13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
- Ecclesiastes 6:10That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.
- Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?
- Isaiah 50:8He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
- Isaiah 40:14With whom took he counsel, and [who] gave him intelligence, and instructed him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed him the way of understanding?
- 1 Corinthians 2:16For who has known the mind of [the] Lord, who shall instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
- Job 3:11Wherefore did I not die from the womb, — come forth from the belly and expire?
- Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
- Job 9:17He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- Job 10:3Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
- Job 13:21Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:
- Job 14:16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
- Job 16:11God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
- Job 19:6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
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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