New King James Version
Job 40:2
2“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with 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
1Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said: “Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.” 3Then Job answered the Lord and said: 4“Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay 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 9:3If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
- Job 33:13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
- Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever one is, he has been named already, For it is known that he is man; And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
- Isaiah 45:9“Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Isaiah 50:8He is near who justifies Me; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near Me.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
- Isaiah 40:14With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?
- 1 Corinthians 2:16For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
- Job 3:11“Why did I not die at birth? Why did I not perish when I came from the womb?
- Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?
- Job 9:17For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.
- Job 10:3Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
- Job 13:21Withdraw Your hand far from me, And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
- Job 14:16For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin.
- Job 16:11God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
- Job 19:6Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net.
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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