Job 40:1

And the Lord God answered Job and said, 1

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Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

In Context

2Will anyone pervert judgment with the Mighty One? 1 And he that reproves God, let him return it for answer. 1

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Cross References

Job 40:6And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, saying, 1

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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