Job 40:1
And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said :
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
In Context
2Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
Cross References
Job 40:6Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
Matthew Henry on Job 40:1
Many humbling confounding questions God had put to Job, in the foregoing chapter; now, in this chapter, I. He demands an answer to them, ver. 1, 2 . II. Job submits in a humble silence, ver. 3-5 . III. God proceeds to reason with him, for his conviction, concerning the infinite distance and disproportion between him and God, showing that he was by no means an equal match for God. He challenges him ( ver. 6, 7 ) to vie with him, if he durst, for justice ( ver. 8 ), power ( ver. 9 ), majesty ( ver. 10 ), and… Read the whole commentary →