Job 40:10

10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

Job 40:10 Meaning and Commentary

Job 40:10

Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency
With excellent majesty, as I am decked and clothed, ( Psalms 93:1 ) ;

and array thyself with glory and beauty;
appear in the most glorious and splendid manner thou canst, make the best figure thou art able, put on royal robes, and take thy seat and throne, and sit as a king or judge in state and pomp, and exert thyself to do the following things; or take my seat and throne as the judge of the whole earth, and try if thou canst govern the world better than I do; for these and the expressions following are said in an ironic manner.

Job 40:10 In-Context

8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11 Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
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