Job 40:9

Job 40:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• New International Version (NIV)Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

Context of Job 40:9

7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

Job 40:9 word by word

וְאִם־זְר֖וֹעַ כָּאֵ֥ל׀ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝בְק֗וֹל כָּמֹ֥הוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Hast thou an armזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• like Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• or canst thou thunderרָעַםrâ‛am · to thunderH7481
• with a voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963

Cross-references for Job 40:9

• Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
• Job 23:6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
• Job 33:12Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
• Exodus 15:6Thy right hand, O Yhwh, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Yhwh, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
• Psalms 89:10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
• Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
• Job 37:4After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
• Psalms 39:3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Commentaries on Job 40:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Hast thou an arm like God? - Every word, from this to the end of Job 40:14, has a wonderful tendency to humble the soul; and it is no wonder that at the conclusion of these sayings Job fell in the dust confounded, and ascribed righteousness to his Maker.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Hast thou an arm like God? - The arm is the symbol of strength. The question here is, whether Job would venture to compare his strength with the omnipotence of God? Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? - Thunder is a symbol of the majesty of the Most High, and is often spoken of as the voice of God; see Psalm 29:1-11. The question here is, whether Job could presume to compare himself with the Almighty, whose voice was the thunder?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. 99. arm--God's omnipotence (Is 53:1). thunder--God's voice (Job 37:4).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 40:9

• God
• Power

In the dictionaries

• God
• Abase
• Array
• Compass
• Disannul
• Thunder
• Night-Monster

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