English Standard Version
Job 40:9
9Have you an arm like God, and 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?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
Context of Job 40:9
7"Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. 8Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right? Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his? 10"Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor. 11Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.
Read all of Job 40Job 40:9 word by word
וְאִם־זְר֖וֹעַ כָּאֵ֥ל׀ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝בְק֗וֹל כָּמֹ֥הוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 40:9
- Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
- Job 23:6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me.
- Job 33:12"Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power, your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
- Psalms 89:10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
- Isaiah 45:9"Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
- Job 37:4After it his voice roars; he thunders with his majestic voice, and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.
- Psalms 39:3My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then 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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