Chapter 40
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
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
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
twice
33.14 2 Kings 6.10 Psalms 62.11
but I will proceed
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
I
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Wilt
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
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
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
he
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
moveth
or, setteth up. the.
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
the chief
he that
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
the mountains
where
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
the reed
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.
hasteth
Jordan
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.