Job 40:6-14

God Questions Job

6 Then the ¹LORD answered Job out of the storm and said,

7 "Now ²gird up your loins like a man; I will ³ask you, and you instruct Me.

8 "Will you really ⁴annul My judgment? Will you ⁵condemn Me ⁶that you may be justified?

9 "Or do you have an arm like God, And can you ⁷thunder with a voice like His?

10 "⁸Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity, And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.

11 "Pour out ⁹the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is ¹⁰proud, and make him low.

12 "Look on everyone who is proud, and ¹¹humble him, And ¹²tread down the wicked where they stand.

13 "¹³Hide them in the dust together; Bind them in the hidden place.

14 "Then I will also confess to you, That your own right hand can save you.

Job 40:6-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 40

In this chapter Job is called upon to give in his answer, Job 40:1,2, which he does in the most humble manner, acknowledging his vileness and folly, Job 40:3-5; and then the Lord proceeds to give him further conviction of his superior justice and power, Job 40:6-9; and one thing he proposes to him, to humble the proud, if he could, and then he would own his own right hand could save him, Job 40:10-15; and observes to him another instance of his power in a creature called behemoth, which he had made, and gives a description of, Job 40:15-24.

Cross References

• 1. Job 38:1
• 2. Job 38:3
• 3. Job 38:3; Job 42:4
• 4. Romans 3:4
• 5. Job 10:3, 7; Job 16:11; Job 19:6; Job 27:2
• 6. Job 13:18; Job 27:6
• 7. Job 37:5; Psalms 29:3
• 8. Psalms 93:1; Psalms 104:1
• 9. Isaiah 42:25; Nahum 1:6, 8
• 10. Isaiah 2:12; Daniel 4:37
• 11. 1 Samuel 2:7; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:11; Daniel 4:37
• 12. Isaiah 63:3
• 13. Isaiah 2:10-12

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "under them"
• [b]. Or "their faces"
• [c]. Or "praise you"