Job 40:3

Then Job answered Yahweh and said, 1

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Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

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2“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? 1 He who argues with God, let him answer.”

4“See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you? 1 I put my hand over my mouth. 1

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Cross References

Job 34:31Suppose someone says to God, 1 'I am certainly guilty, but I will not sin any longer; 1

Job 42:6So I despise myself; 1 I repent in dust and ashes.”

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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