New King James Version
Job 40:14
14Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.
Job 40:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.
Context of Job 40:14
12Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place. 13Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness. Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you. 15“Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox. 16See now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles.
Read all of Job 40Job 40:14 word by word
וְגַם־אֲנִ֥י אוֹדֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁ֖עַ לְךָ֣ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 40:14
- Psalms 44:3For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
- Romans 5:6For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
- Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
Commentaries on Job 40:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Thine own right hand can save thee - It is the prerogative of God alone to save the human soul. Nothing less than unlimited power, exerted under the direction and impulse of unbounded mercy, can save a sinner. This is most clearly asserted in this speech of Jehovah: When thou canst extend an arm like God, i.e., an uncontrollable power - when thou canst arm thyself with the lightning of heaven, and thunder with a voice like God - when thou canst deck…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Then will I also confess unto thee - If you can do all this, it will be full proof that you can save yourself, and that you do not need the divine interposition. If he could do all this, then it might be admitted that he was qualified to pronounce a judgment on the divine counsels and dealings. He would then show that he had qualifications for conducting the affairs of the universe.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. 1414. confess--rather, "extol"; "I also," who now censure thee. But since thou canst not do these works, thou must, instead of censuring, extol My government. thine own ... hand ... save--(Psa 44:3). So as to eternal salvation by Jesus Christ (Is 59:16; 63:5).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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