New English Translation
Job 40:9
9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, 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?
- 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“Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me! 8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right? Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his? 10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor! 11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;
Read all of Job 40Job 40:9 word by word
וְאִם־זְר֖וֹעַ כָּאֵ֥ל׀ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝בְק֗וֹל כָּמֹ֥הוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 40:9
- Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength – who has resisted him and remained safe?
- Job 23:6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.
- Job 33:12Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O Lord, was majestic in power, your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy.
- Psalms 89:10You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
- Isaiah 45:9One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, “What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?
- Job 37:4After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.
- Psalms 39:3my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
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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