Job 40:2-12

2 Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.

3 Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?

4 Hast thou an arm like the Lord's? or dost thou thunder with a voice like his?

5 Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe thyself with glory and honour.

6 And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.

7 Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.

8 And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.

9 will I confess that thy right hand can save .

10 But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen.

11 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

12 He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.

Job 40:2-12 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.