Job 40:1

God continued speaking to Job.

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Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

In Context

2“Are you still going to fight with the Almighty and try to set him straight? Anyone who argues with God must give some answers.”

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Cross References

Job 40:6Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,

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 →

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