New International Version
Job 40:2
2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
Job 40:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?”
Context of Job 40:2
1The Lord said to Job: “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!” 3Then Job answered the Lord: 4“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.
Read all of Job 40Job 40:2 word by word
הֲ֭רֹב עִם־שַׁדַּ֣י יִסּ֑וֹר מוֹכִ֖יחַ אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 40:2
- Job 9:3Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
- Job 33:13Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’s words?
- Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever exists has already been named, and what humanity is has been known; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.
- Isaiah 45:9“Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’?
- Isaiah 50:8He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me? Let us face each other! Who is my accuser? Let him confront me!
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
- Isaiah 40:14Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge, or showed him the path of understanding?
- 1 Corinthians 2:16for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
- Job 3:11“Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?
- Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard?
- Job 9:17He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.
- Job 10:3Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
- Job 13:21Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.
- Job 14:16Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
- Job 16:11God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
- Job 19:6then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
Commentaries on Job 40:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He that reproveth God, let him answer it - Let the man who has made so free with God and his government, answer to what he has now heard.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Shall he that contendeth with the A mighty instruct him? - Gesenius renders this, “Contending shall the reprover of God contend with the Almighty?” Prof. Lee, “Shall one by contending with the Almighty correct this?” On the grammatical construction, see Gesenius on the word יסור yissôr and Rosenmuller and Lee, in loc. The meaning seems to be this: “Will he who would enter into a controversy with the Almighty now presume to instruct him? He that was so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The ancient Greek Old Testament (Septuagint) does not include the end of God's first speech.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. he that contendeth--as Job had so often expressed a wish to do. Or, rebuketh. Does Job now still (after seeing and hearing of God's majesty and wisdom) wish to set God right? answer it--namely, the questions I have asked.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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