Job 40:6

Job 40:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

Context of Job 40:6

4“I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers? I will cover my mouth with my hand. 5I have said too much already. I have nothing more to say.” Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: 7“Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. 8“Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?

Job 40:6 word by word

וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מִ֥ן׀ סְעָרָ֗ה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• unto Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• out of the whirlwindסְעָרָהsa‛ar se‛ârâh · tempestH5591
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Job 40:6

• Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
• Psalms 50:3Our God approaches, and he is not silent. Fire devours everything in his way, and a great storm rages around him.
• Hebrews 12:18You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.
• 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.

Commentaries on Job 40:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind - See the notes at Job 38:1. God here resumes the argument which had been interrupted in order to give Job an opportunity to speak and to carry his cause before the Almighty, as he had desired, see Job 40:2. Since Job had nothing to say, the argument, which had been suspended, is resumed and completed.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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The LORD repeated his earlier challenge (refer to 38:1–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. the Lord--Jehovah.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 40:6

• God

In the dictionaries

• Job
• Abase
• Array
• Compass
• Disannul
• Thunder
• Night-Monster
• Text of the Old Testament
• Whirlwind

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