Job 40:14

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 King James Version (NKJV)Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.

Context of Job 40:14

12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret. Then will I also confess to thee that thy own right hand can save thee. 15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 16Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the sinew of his belly.

Job 40:14 word by word

וְגַם־אֲנִ֥י אוֹדֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁ֖עַ לְךָ֣ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• confessיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034
• handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467

Cross-references for Job 40:14

• Psalms 44:3For they obtained not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour to them.
• Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
• Romans 5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
• Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, for 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

Topics related to Job 40:14

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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