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Job 40:1
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The Lord answered Job:
Moreover the LORD answered Iyov,
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
And the Lord said to Job:
The Lord said to Job:
Then the Lord answered Job:
Then the LORD said to Job,
Then the LORD said to Job,
Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
Moreouer ye Lord spake vnto Iob, & said,
Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
And the LORD said to Job:
The Lord Continues I am the Lord All-Powerful,
Continuing to address Iyov, Adonai said:
And Jehovah answered Job and said,
MOREOVER the LORD answered Job, and said,
Job, you challenged Almighty God; will you give up now, or will you answer?
Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
And Jehovah answered Job and said:
Morouer, God spake vnto Iob and sayde:
Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English.
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:
Moreouer the Lord answered Iob, and said,
Moreouer the Lorde spake vnto Iob, and saide:
And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, saying,
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
And the Lord addide, and spak to Joob,
Moreover Yahweh answered Job, and said,
Moreover, the LORD answered Job, and said,
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:
Then the Lord said to Job,
Then the Lord said to Job,
And the Lord said to Job:
And Yahweh responded to Job, and said: -
(39-31) And the Lord went on, and said to Job:
And the LORD said to Job:
And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --
God then confronted Job directly: "Now what do you have to say for yourself? Are you going to haul me, the Mighty One, into court and press charges?" Job answered: "I'm speechless, in awe—words fail me. I should never have opened my mouth! I've talked too much, way too much. I'm ready to shut up and listen."
I Want Straight Answers
God addressed Job next from the eye of the storm, and this is what he said: "I have some more questions for you, and I want straight answers. "Do you presume to tell me what I'm doing wrong? Are you calling me a sinner so you can be a saint? Do you have an arm like my arm? Can you shout in thunder the way I can? Go ahead, show your stuff. Let's see what you're made of, what you can do. Unleash your outrage. Target the arrogant and lay them flat. Target the arrogant and bring them to their knees. Stop the wicked in their tracks—make mincemeat of them! Dig a mass grave and dump them in it— faceless corpses in an unmarked grave. I'll gladly step aside and hand things over to you— you can surely save yourself with no help from me! "Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you. Grazing on grass, docile as a cow— Just look at the strength of his back, the powerful muscles of his belly. His tail sways like a cedar in the wind; his huge legs are like beech trees. His skeleton is made of steel, every bone in his body hard as steel. Most magnificent of all my creatures, but I still lead him around like a lamb! The grass-covered hills serve him meals, while field mice frolic in his shadow. He takes afternoon naps under shade trees, cools himself in the reedy swamps, Lazily cool in the leafy shadows as the breeze moves through the willows. And when the river rages he doesn't budge, stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild. But you'd never want him for a pet— you'd never be able to housebreak him!"Then the LORD said to Job,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Job 40:6, Job 38:1
Reciprocal: Job 11:5 - General Job 16:21 - plead Job 23:3 - Oh that
Cross-References
Before the end of three days, Pharaoh will forgive you and allow you to go back to your work. You will do the same work for Pharaoh as you did before.
Three days later it was Pharaoh's birthday. He gave a party for all his servants. At the party Pharaoh allowed the wine server and the baker to leave the prison.
But the wine server did not remember to help Joseph. He said nothing about him to Pharaoh. The wine server forgot about Joseph.
That same night, the king could not sleep. So he told a servant to bring the history book and read it to him. ( The Book of History of the Kings lists everything that happens during a king's rule.)
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Moreover the Lord answered Job,.... The Lord having discoursed largely of the works of nature, in order to reconcile the mind of Job to his works of providence, stopped and made a pause for a little space, that Job might answer if he thought fit; but he being entirely silent, the Lord began again:
and said; as follows:
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Moreover, the Lord answered Job - The word “answered” is used here as it is often in the Scriptures, not to denote a reply to what had been immediately said, but to take up or continue an argument. What God said here was designed as a reply to the spirit which Job had so frequently manifested.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XL
Job humbles himself before the Lord, 1-5.
And God again challenges him by a display of his power and
judgments, 6-14.
A description of behemoth, 15-24.
NOTES ON CHAP. XL
Verse Job 40:1. Moreover the Lord answered — That is, the Lord continued his discourse with Job. Answered does not refer to any thing said by Job, or any question asked.
I think it very likely that this whole piece, from the beginning of this first verse to the end of the fourteenth, was originally the ending of the poem. Mr. Heath has noticed this, and I shall lay his words before the reader: "The former part of this chapter is evidently the conclusion of the poem; the latter part whereof seems to be in great disorder; whether it has happened from the carelessness of the transcriber, or, which appears most probable, from the skins of parchment composing the roll having by some accident changed their places. It is plain from the seventh verse of the forty-second chapter Job 42:7 that Jehovah is the last speaker in the poem. If, then, immediately after the end of the thirty-ninth chapter, we subjoin the fifteenth verse of the forty-second chapter, and place the fourteen first verses of the fortieth chapter immediately after the sixth verse of the forty-second chapter, and by that means make them the conclusion of the poem, all will be right; and this seventh verse of the forty-second chapter will be in its natural order. The action will be complete by the judgment of the Almighty; and the catastrophe of the poem will be grand and solemn." To these reasons of Mr. Heath, Dr. Kennicott has added others, which the reader may find at the end of the chapter. Job 40:24 Without taking any farther notice of the transposition in this place, I will continue the notes in the present order of the verses.
