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Job 40:1

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

In Context

2Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? he that argueth with God, let him answer it.

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Cross References

Job 40:6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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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