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“Now tighten the belt on your waist like a man; I will ask you, and you instruct Me. 8Will you really nullify My judgment? Will you condemn Me so that you may be justified? Or do you have an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His? 10“Adorn yourself with pride and dignity, And clothe yourself with honor and majesty. 11Let out your outbursts of anger, And look at everyone who is arrogant, and humble him.

Job 40:9 word by word

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

• Orאִם'im · if: surely yesH518
• do you have an armזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• like Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• thunderרָעַםrâ‛am · to thunderH7481
• with a voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• likeכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644

Cross-references for Job 40:9

• Job 9:4Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm?
• Job 23:6Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
• Job 33:12Behold, let me respond to you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than mankind.
• Exodus 15:6Your right hand, Lord, is majestic in power; Your right hand, Lord, destroys the enemy.
• Psalms 89:10You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
• Isaiah 45:9“Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- A piece of pottery among the other earthenware pottery pieces! Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we?
• Job 37:4After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightning when His voice is heard.
• Psalms 39:3My heart was hot within me, While I was musing 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

Topics related to Job 40:9

• God
• Power

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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