Job 40:8-14

8 Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

9 Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

10 Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

11 Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.

12 Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.

13 Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave. ^[a]

14 Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.

Job 40:8-14 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.

Footnotes

• [a] Or in the hidden place