God’s Word Translation
Job 15:25
25He stretches out his hand against God and attacks the Almighty like a warrior.
Job 15:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
- New International Version (NIV)because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because he has stretched out his hand against God and defies the Almighty,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
Context of Job 15:25
23He wanders around for food and asks, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that his ruin is close at hand. 24“The day of darkness troubles him. Distress and anguish terrify him like a king ready for battle. He stretches out his hand against God and attacks the Almighty like a warrior. 26He stubbornly charges at him with a thick shield. 27“His face is bloated with fat, and he is fat around the waist.
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כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה אֶל־אֵ֣ל יָד֑וֹ וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:25
- Leviticus 26:23“If this discipline does not help and you still resist,
- Psalms 73:9They verbally attack heaven, and they order people around on earth.
- Isaiah 27:4I am no longer angry. If only thorns and briars would confront me! I would fight them in battle and set all of them on fire.
- Daniel 5:23But you made yourself greater than the Lord of heaven. You had the utensils from his temple brought to you. You, your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them. You praised your gods made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, or stone. These gods can’t see, hear, or know anything. You didn’t honor God, who has power over your life and everything you do.
- Malachi 3:13“You have used harsh words against me,” says the Lord. “You ask, ‘How have we spoken against you?’
- Acts 9:5Saul asked, “Who are you, sir?” The person replied, “I’m Jesus, the one you’re persecuting.
- Acts 12:1About that time King Herod devoted his attention to mistreating certain members of the church.
- Job 9:4“God is wise in heart and mighty in power. Who could oppose him and win?
- Job 40:9Do you have power like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
- Exodus 5:2Pharaoh asked, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him and let Israel go? I don’t know the Lord, and I won’t let Israel go.”
- Exodus 9:17You are still blocking my people from leaving.
- 1 Samuel 4:7Then they were frightened and said, “A god has come into ⌞their⌟ camp.” They also said, “Oh no! Nothing like this has ever happened before.
- 1 Samuel 6:6Why should you be as stubborn as the Egyptians and their Pharaoh were? After he toyed with the Egyptians, didn’t they send the Israelites on their way?
- Psalms 52:7“Look at this person who refused to make God his fortress! Instead, he trusted his great wealth and became strong through his greed.”
- Isaiah 8:9Be broken, you people. Be terrified. Listen, all you distant parts of the earth. Prepare for battle, but be terrified. Prepare for battle, but be terrified.
- Isaiah 10:12When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for all his boasting and all his arrogance.
Commentaries on Job 15:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25He stretcheth out his hand against God - While in power he thought himself supreme. He not only did not acknowledge God, by whom kings reign, but stretched out his hand - used his power, not to protect, but to oppress those over whom he had supreme rule; and thus strengthened himself against the Almighty.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25For he stretcheth out his hand against God - The hand is stretched out for battle. It wields the spear or the sword against an enemy. The idea here is, that the wicked man makes God an adversary. He does not contend with his fellow-man, with fate, with the elements, with evil angels, but with God. His opponent is an Almighty Being, and he cannot prevail against him; compare the notes at Isaiah 27:4. And strengtheneth himself - As an army does that throws…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-35Verses 17-35 Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Earlier, Job complained that God was treating him like a powerful enemy (7:19–21; 13:24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. stretcheth ... hand--wielding the spear, as a bold rebel against God (Job 9:4; Is 27:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 15
- 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
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