Tree of Life Version
Job 40:10
10Then adorn yourself in majesty and dignity; clothe yourself in splendor and honor.
Job 40:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
- New International Version (NIV)Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.
Context of Job 40:10
8“Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself? 9Do you have an arm like God’s and can you thunder with a voice like His? Then adorn yourself in majesty and dignity; clothe yourself in splendor and honor. 11Scatter the fury of your anger. Look at every proud person and bring him low; 12look at everyone who is proud and humble him; tread down the wicked where they stand.
Read all of Job 40Job 40:10 word by word
עֲדֵ֥ה נָ֣א גָֽא֣וֹן וָגֹ֑בַהּ וְה֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 40:10
- Job 39:19“Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
- Psalms 93:1Adonai reigns—He is robed in majesty! Adonai has robed and armed Himself with strength. Yes, the world is firmly established—unshakable.
- Psalms 104:1Bless Adonai, O my soul. Adonai my God, You are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty—
- Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation on His head. He clothed Himself in robes of vengeance and wrapped Himself in zeal as a cloak.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, Adonai, is the greatness, the power and the splendor, and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything in heaven and earth. Yours is the kingdom, Adonai and You are exalted above all.
- Psalms 21:5He asked You for life, You gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.
- Psalms 45:3You are the most handsome of the sons of men. Grace pours from your lips. Therefore God has blessed you forever.
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- 2 Peter 1:16For we did not follow cleverly concocted tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- Jude 1:24Now to the One who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy,
- Exodus 28:2You are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for splendor and for beauty.
- Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
- Psalms 90:16Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your splendor on their children.
- Psalms 149:4For Adonai takes pleasure in His people. He crowns the humble with salvation.
- Isaiah 4:2In that day the Branch of Adonai will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land excellent and appealing for Israel’s survivors.
- 1 Corinthians 15:54But when this corruptible will have put on incorruptibility and this mortal will have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
Commentaries on Job 40:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Deck thyself now with majesty - Act like God, seeing thou hast been assuming to thyself perfections that belong to him alone.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency - That is, such as God has. Put on everything which you can, which would indicate rank, wealth, power, and see whether it could all be compared with the majesty of God; compare Psalm 104:1, “O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty.”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. 1010. See, hast thou power and majesty like God's, to enable thee to judge and govern the world?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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