Job 40:9
7 “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
8 Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
10 Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
11 Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- KJV
- Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- WEB
- Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
- ASV
- Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- DARBY
- Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- BLB
- Is there an arm like God’s unto you? Or with a voice like His can you thunder?
- ÅB
- Har du slik en arm som Gud, og kan du tordne med en røst som hans?
- OTB
- Har du styrke som Guds,
og kan din stemme lyde med kraft som Hans? - B1930
- Har du slik en arm som Gud, og kan du tordne med en røst som hans?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 37:4–5
Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:9
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
Read in contextPsalms 89:13
Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
Read in contextPsalms 89:10
You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
Read in contextExodus 15:6
Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:22
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
Read in contextPsalms 39:3–9
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
Read in contextJob 23:6
Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
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