Job 40:9
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
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
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:9
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Read in contextPsalms 89:13
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Read in contextPsalms 89:10
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
Read in contextExodus 15:6
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Read in contextPsalms 39:3–9
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
Read in contextJob 23:6
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
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