Job 40:2
Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
In Context
1And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said :
3Wilt thou make void my judgment : and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
Cross References
Job 3:20Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison?
Job 9:3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
Job 9:32For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.
Job 10:14If I have sinned and thou hast spared me for an hour: why dost thou not suffer me to be clean from my iniquity?
Job 14:16Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.
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 →