Job 40:1
Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
In Context
2Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
Cross References
Job 40:6Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase 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 →