New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 15:25
25Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself 1arrogantly against 2the Almighty.
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 about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is at hand. 24Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack, Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty. 26He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield. 27For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
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כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה אֶל־אֵ֣ל יָד֑וֹ וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 15:25
- Leviticus 26:23‘And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act with hostility against Me,
- Psalms 73:9They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.
- Isaiah 27:4I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars and thorns in battle, Then I would step on them, I would burn them completely.
- Daniel 5:23but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.
- Malachi 3:13“Your words have been arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
- Acts 9:5And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,
- Acts 12:1Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them.
- Job 9:4Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm?
- Job 40:9Or do you have an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”
- Exodus 9:17Still you exalt yourself against My people by not letting them go.
- 1 Samuel 4:7The Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before.
- 1 Samuel 6:6Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not allow the people to go, and they departed?
- Psalms 52:7“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire.”
- Isaiah 8:9“Be broken, O peoples, and be shattered; And give ear, all remote places of the earth. Gird yourselves, yet be shattered; Gird yourselves, yet be shattered.
- Isaiah 10:12So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness.”
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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