Job 40:6-16

6 ADONAI answered Iyov out of the storm:

7 "Stand up like a man, and brace yourself; I will ask questions; and you, give the answers!

8 "Are you impugning my justice? Putting me in the wrong to prove yourself right?

9 Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like his?

10 Come on, deck yourself with majesty and dignity, robe yourself in glory and splendor.

11 Let loose your furious anger, look at all who are proud, and humble them.

12 Look at all who are proud, and bring them down; tread down the wicked where they stand.

13 Bury them in the ground together, bind their faces in the hidden world.

14 If you do this, then I will confess to you that your own power can save you.

15 "Now consider Behemot, whom I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox.

16 What strength he has in his loins! What power in his stomach muscles!

Job 40:6-16 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.