Job 40:14

Job 40:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.

Context of Job 40:14

12Yes, cause all the proud people to be humble. Knock down wicked people to the ground. 13Bury them all together in the dust of the ground. Cover their faces and put them in their graves. If you can do these things, Job, I will praise you. I will agree that you have the power to save yourself. 15Listen! I created the monsters called Behemoth. I made you and I made them too. They eat grass, as cows do. 16But look at the strength of their legs and their body!

Job 40:14 word by word

וְגַם־אֲנִ֥י אוֹדֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁ֖עַ לְךָ֣ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then will I also confessיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034
• unto thee that thine own right handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• can saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467

Cross-references for Job 40:14

• Psalms 44:3Our ancestors did not get the land by the power of their own swords. Their own strength did not win the fight. It was your own power and strength that did it! You were kind to them because you were their friend.
• Isaiah 40:29He makes tired people strong again. When people have become weak, he gives them more strength.
• Romans 5:6At one time we were weak and we could not help ourselves. Then, at the right time, Christ died to save us. He died on behalf of people who have turned away from God.
• Ephesians 2:4But God is very good and kind! He loved us very much.

Commentaries on Job 40:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Thine own right hand can save thee - It is the prerogative of God alone to save the human soul. Nothing less than unlimited power, exerted under the direction and impulse of unbounded mercy, can save a sinner. This is most clearly asserted in this speech of Jehovah: When thou canst extend an arm like God, i.e., an uncontrollable power - when thou canst arm thyself with the lightning of heaven, and thunder with a voice like God - when thou canst deck…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Then will I also confess unto thee … - If you can do all this, it will be full proof that you can save yourself, and that you do not need the divine interposition. If he could do all this, then it might be admitted that he was qualified to pronounce a judgment on the divine counsels and dealings. He would then show that he had qualifications for conducting the affairs of the universe.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. 1414. confess--rather, "extol"; "I also," who now censure thee. But since thou canst not do these works, thou must, instead of censuring, extol My government. thine own ... hand ... save--(Psa 44:3). So as to eternal salvation by Jesus Christ (Is 59:16; 63:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 40:14

• God

In the dictionaries

• Abase
• Array
• Compass
• Disannul
• Thunder
• Confession
• Night-Monster

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