Job 40:6

Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.

7Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:3Be merciful to me, O God, according to your great mercy. And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, wipe out my iniquity.

2 Peter 3:10Then the day of the Lord shall arrive like a thief. On that day, the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and truly the elements shall be dissolved with heat; then the earth, and the works that are within it, shall be completely burned up.

Matthew Henry on Job 40:2-6

Job's Humble Submission. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said, 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 3 Then Job answered the Lord , and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Here is, I. A humbling challenge which God gave to Job. After he had heaped up many hard questions upon him, to show him,… Read the whole commentary →

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