Job 40:9

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

7“Brace yourself like a man! I will ask you, and you will teach me. 8“Would you undo my justice? Would you condemn me so that you can be righteous? Do you have power like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his? 10Then dress yourself in majesty and dignity. Clothe yourself in splendor and glory. 11Unleash your outbursts of anger. Look at all who are arrogant, and put them down.

Job 40:9 word by word

וְאִם־זְר֖וֹעַ כָּאֵ֥ל׀ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝בְק֗וֹל כָּמֹ֥הוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hast thou an armזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• like Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• or canst thou thunderרָעַםrâ‛am · to thunderH7481
• with a voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963

Cross-references for Job 40:9

• Job 9:4“God is wise in heart and mighty in power. Who could oppose him and win?
• Job 23:6Would he sue me and hide behind great legal maneuvers? No, he certainly would press charges against me.
• Job 33:12You aren’t right about this! I’ve got an answer for you: God is greater than any mortal.
• Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, wins glory because it is strong. Your right hand, O Lord, smashes your enemies.
• Psalms 89:10You crushed Rahab; it was like a corpse. With your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
• Isaiah 45:9How horrible it will be for the one who quarrels with his maker. He is pottery among other earthenware pots. Does the clay ask the one who shapes it, “What are you making?” Does your work say to you, “There are no handles”?
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?
• Job 37:4It is followed by the roar of his voice. He thunders with his majestic voice. He doesn’t hold the lightning back when his thunder is heard.
• Psalms 39:3My heart burned like a fire flaring up within me. 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

Topics related to Job 40:9

• God
• Power

In the dictionaries

• God
• Abase
• Array
• Compass
• Disannul
• Thunder
• 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