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Job 40:10

Listen to Job 40:10
10 (40-5) Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.

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.

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Job 40:10 In-Context

8 (40-3) Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
9 (40-4) And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 (40-5) Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
11 (40-6) Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
12 (40-7) Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place,
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