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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Job 40

Chapter 40

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

6 38:1

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Shall

9:3 33:13 Ecclesiastes 6:10 Isaiah 45:9-11 50:8 1 Corinthians 10:22

instruct

Isaiah 40:14 1 Corinthians 2:16

he that reproveth

3:11,12,20,23 7:12,19-21 9:17,18,32-35 10:3-7,14-17 13:21-27 14:16,17 16:11-21 19:6-11 27:2 30:21 Ezekiel 18:2 Matthew 20:11 Romans 9:19-23 11:34-36

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Behold

42:6 Genesis 18:27 32:10 2 Samuel 24:10 1 Kings 19:4 Ezra 9:6,15 Nehemiah 9:33 Psalms 51:4,5 Isaiah 6:5 53:6 64:6 Daniel 9:5,7 Luke 5:8 15:18,19 18:13 1 Timothy 1:15

what

9:31-35 16:21 23:4-7 31:37

I will

21:5 29:9 Judges 18:19 Psalms 39:9 Proverbs 30:32 Micah 7:16 Habakkuk 2:20 Zechariah 2:13

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

but I will not

34:31,32 Romans 3:19

twice

33:14 2 Kings 6:10 Psalms 62:11

but I will proceed

Jeremiah 31:18,19

Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

out

38:1 Psalms 50:3,4 Hebrews 12:18-20 2 Peter 3:10-12

<I>Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Gird

13:22 23:3,4 38:3

I

42:4

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Wilt

Psalms 51:4 Romans 3:4

disannul

Isaiah 14:27 28:18 Galatians 3:15,17 Hebrews 7:18

wilt thou condemn

10:3 27:2-6 32:2 34:5,6 35:2,3

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Hast

9:4 23:6 33:12,13 Exodus 15:6 Psalms 89:10,13 Isaiah 45:9 1 Corinthians 10:22

canst

37:4,5 Psalms 39:3-9

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

Deck

39:19 Psalms 93:1 104:1,2 Isaiah 59:17

majesty

1 Chronicles 29:11 Psalms 21:5 45:3,4 Matthew 6:13 2 Peter 1:16,17 Jude 1:24,25

glory

Exodus 28:2 Psalms 50:2 90:16,17 149:4 Isaiah 4:2 *marg:; 1 Corinthians 15:54

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

Cast

20:23 27:22 Deuteronomy 32:22 Psalms 78:49,50 144:6 Romans 2:8,9

behold

Exodus 9:16,17 15:6 18:11 Isaiah 2:11,12,17 10:12-19 Ezekiel 28:2 Daniel 4:37 5:20-23 Obadiah 1:3,4 Malachi 4:1 Luke 18:14 Acts 12:22,23 James 4:6 1 Peter 5:5,6

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

tread

Psalms 60:12 Proverbs 15:25 Isaiah 10:6 Zechariah 10:5 Malachi 4:3 Romans 16:20

in

36:20 Ecclesiastes 11:3 Acts 1:25

Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

Hide

14:13 Psalms 49:14 Isaiah 2:10

bind

36:13 Esther 7:8 John 11:44

Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

that

Psalms 44:3,6 Isaiah 40:29 Romans 5:6 Ephesians 2:4-9

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

behemoth

[b@hemowth (twmhb)] Perhaps an extinct dinosaur, maybe a Diplodocus or Brachiosaurus, the exact meaning is unknown. Some translate as elephant or hippopotamus but from the description in #Job 40:15-24|, this is patently absurd.

which

Genesis 1:24-26

he

20 39:8 Psalms 104:14

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

moveth

or, setteth up. the.

41:23

His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

7:12 Isaiah 48:4

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

the chief

26:13 Psalms 104:24

he that

Psalms 7:12 Isaiah 27:1

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

the mountains

15 Psalms 147:8,9

where

Psalms 104:14,26

He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

the reed

Isaiah 19:6,7 35:7

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

the willows

Leviticus 23:40 Isaiah 15:7 Ezekiel 17:5

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

drinketh

Heb. oppresseth.

Isaiah 37:25

hasteth

Psalms 55:8 Isaiah 28:16

Jordan

Genesis 13:10 Joshua 3:15

He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

41:1,2