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5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

God’s Challenge to Job

6 aThen the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: 
7 “Now1a prepare yourself like a man;
bI will question you, and you shall answer Me: 
8 “Woulda you indeed annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified? 
9 Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with aa voice like His? 
10 aThen adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty. 
11 Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
12 Look on everyone who is aproud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place. 
13 Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
14 Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.
15 “Look now at the1 behemoth, which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox. 
16 See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Job 40:7

Gird up thy loins - See Job 38:1-3. Some think that this and the preceding verse have been repeated here from Job 38:1-3, and that several of the words there, here, and Job 42:3, have been repeated, in after times, to connect some false gatherings of the sheets of parchment, on which the end of this poem was originally written. See on Job 40:1 (note), and at the end of the chapter.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Job 40:7:

Job 19:29
Job 40:24
Job 40:24
Job 42:6
Job 42:6
Job 42:7

 

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