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Job 40:14

If you can do any of these things, then even I will praise you. And I will admit that you can save yourself by your own power.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Leviathan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Saviour;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Confession;   Job, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then I will confess to youthat your own right hand can deliver you.
Hebrew Names Version
Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you.
King James Version
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
English Standard Version
Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
New Century Version
If you can do that, then I myself will praise you, because you are strong enough to save yourself.
New English Translation
Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.
Amplified Bible
"[If you can do all this, Job, proving your divine power] then I [God] will also praise you and acknowledge That your own right hand can save you.
New American Standard Bible
"Then I will also confess to you, That your own right hand can save you.
World English Bible
Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I will also praise you,That your own right hand can save you.
Berean Standard Bible
Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
Contemporary English Version
Do this, and I will agree that you have won this argument.
Complete Jewish Bible
If you do this, then I will confess to you that your own power can save you.
Darby Translation
Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
George Lamsa Translation
Then will I also give you credit when your own right hand has saved you.
Good News Translation
Then I will be the first to praise you and admit that you won the victory yourself.
Lexham English Bible
And I will also praise you, that your own right hand can save you.
Literal Translation
Then I also will confess to you that your right hand can save you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then will I confesse also, that thyne owne right honde hath saued the.
American Standard Version
Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
Bible in Basic English
Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
King James Version (1611)
Then will I also confesse vnto thee, that thine owne right hand can saue thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then wyll I confesse vnto thee also, that thyne owne right hande shall saue thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
English Revised Version
Then wilt I also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal knowleche, that thi riyt hond may saue thee.
Update Bible Version
Then I will also confess of you that your own right hand can save you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then will I also confess to thee that thy own right hand can save thee.
New King James Version
Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.
New Living Translation
Then even I would praise you, for your own strength would save you.
New Life Bible
Then I will also tell you that your own right hand can save you.
New Revised Standard
Then I will also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can give you victory.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, even I myself, will praise thee, in that thine own right hand can bring thee salvation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(40-9) Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.
Revised Standard Version
Then will I also acknowledge to you, that your own right hand can give you victory.
Young's Literal Translation
And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then I will also confess to you, That your own right hand can save you.

Contextual Overview

6 Then the Lord spoke to Job again from the storm: 7 "Brace yourself and get ready to answer the questions I will ask you. 8 "Are you trying to show that I am unfair? Are you trying to look innocent by saying that I am guilty? 9 Are your arms as strong as mine? Do you have a voice like mine that is as loud as thunder? 10 If so, you can be proud and wear glory and honor like clothes. 11 If you are as powerful as God, then show your anger! Punish those who are proud and humble them. 12 Yes, just look at the proud and make them humble. Crush those evil people where they stand. 13 Bury them all in the dirt. Wrap their bodies up and put them in their graves. 14 If you can do any of these things, then even I will praise you. And I will admit that you can save yourself by your own power.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Psalms 44:3, Psalms 44:6, Isaiah 40:29, Romans 5:6, Ephesians 2:4-9

Reciprocal: 2 Corinthians 1:9 - that

Cross-References

Genesis 40:14
But when you are free, remember me. Be good to me and help me. Tell Pharaoh about me so that I can get out of this prison.
Genesis 40:15
I was kidnapped and taken from the land of my people, the Hebrews. I have done nothing wrong! I should not be in prison."
Joshua 2:12
So now, I want you to make a promise to me. I was kind to you and helped you. So promise me before the Lord that you will be kind to my family. Please tell me that you will do this.
1 Samuel 25:31
So don't do anything that would make you guilty of killing innocent people. Please don't fall into that trap. Please remember me when the Lord blesses you."
2 Samuel 9:1
David asked, "Is there anyone still left in Saul's family? I want to show kindness to this person. I want to do it for Jonathan."
1 Kings 2:7
"Also, be kind to the children of Barzillai from Gilead. Be friends with them, and let them eat at your table, because they helped me when I ran away from your brother Absalom.
Luke 23:42
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you begin ruling as king!"
1 Corinthians 7:21
If you were a slave when God chose you, don't let that bother you. But if you can be free, then do it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. From all his enemies temporal and spiritual, and out of all evils and calamities whatsoever; and that he stood in no need of his help and assistance, yea, that he was a match for him, and might be allowed to contend with him; but whereas he was not able to do the above things proposed to him, it could not be admitted that his own right hand could save him; and therefore ought quietly to submit to the sovereignty of God over him, and to all the dispensations of his providence, and be humbled under his mighty hand, since no hand but his could save him; as no man's right hand can save him from temporal evils and enemies, and much less from spiritual ones, or with an everlasting salvation; nor any works of righteousness done by him, only the arm of the Lord has wrought salvation, and his right hand only supports and saves. Two instances are given in this and the following chapter, the one of a land animal, the other of a sea animal, as is generally supposed; or it may be of amphibious ones, that live both on land and water.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then will I also confess unto thee ... - If you can do all this, it will be full proof that you can save yourself, and that you do not need the divine interposition. If he could do all this, then it might be admitted that he was qualified to pronounce a judgment on the divine counsels and dealings. He would then show that he had qualifications for conducting the affairs of the universe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 40:14. Thine own right hand can save thee. — It is the prerogative of God alone to save the human soul. Nothing less than unlimited power, exerted under the direction and impulse of unbounded mercy, can save a sinner. This is most clearly asserted in this speech of Jehovah: When thou canst extend an arm like God, i.e., an uncontrollable power - when thou canst arm thyself with the lightning of heaven, and thunder with a voice like God - when thou canst deck thyself with the ineffable glory, beauty, and splendour of the supreme majesty of Jehovah - when thou canst dispense thy judgments over all the earth, to abase the proud, and tread down the wicked - when thou canst as having the keys of hell and death, blend the high and the low in the dust together; then I will acknowledge to thee that thy own right hand can save thee. In other words: Salvation belongeth unto the Lord; no man can save his own soul by works of righteousness which he has done, is doing, or can possibly do, to all eternity. Without Jesus every human spirit must have perished everlastingly. Glory be to God for his unspeakable gift!


 
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