New International Version
Job 15:25
25because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the 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.
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)For they shake their fists at God, defying the Almighty.
Context of Job 15:25
23He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. 24Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack, because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty, 26defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield. 27“Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
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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 in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me,
- Psalms 73:9Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.
- Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire.
- Daniel 5:23Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.
- Malachi 3:13“You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’
- Acts 9:5“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.
- Acts 12:1It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them.
- Job 9:4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
- Exodus 5:2Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.”
- Exodus 9:17You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go.
- 1 Samuel 4:7the Philistines were afraid. “A god has come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before.
- 1 Samuel 6:6Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel’s god dealt harshly with them, did they not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?
- Psalms 52:7“Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!”
- Isaiah 8:9Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Isaiah 10:12When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
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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