Job 40:6-42 BSB

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:15-24

15-24 God, for the further proving of his own power, describes two vast animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength. Behemoth signifies beasts. Most understand it of an animal well known in Egypt, called the river-horse, or hippopotamus. This vast animal is noticed as an argument to humble ourselves before the great God; for he created this vast animal, which is so fearfully and wonderfully made. Whatever strength this or any other creature has, it is derived from God. He that made the soul... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 40:6-14

The Lord Rebukes Job's Presumption. v. 6. Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, in order to lead him to a still higher stage of humiliation, so that he would willingly bow under the chastening hand of God, and said, v. 7. Gird up thy loins now like a man, again making ready for a sharp encounter; I will demand of thee, asking some further explanations, and declare thou unto Me. Cf 38:3. v. 8. Wilt thou also disannul My judgment, altogether abolishing and setting aside... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 40:15-24

Job's Weakness Contrasted with the Strength Even of the Hippopotamus v. 15. Behold now behemoth, a monster beast, the water-ox, or hippopotamus, which I made with thee, created by the hand of God like the human beings and living with them on the earth; he eateth grass as an ox, the tender plants, the reeds of the Nile, after the manner of domesticated cattle. v. 16. Lo, now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly, in the sinews and muscles of his abdomen. ... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 40:6-24

Second Discourse of Jehovah (together with Job’s answer):To doubt God’s justice, which is most closely allied to His wonderful omnipotence, is a grievous wrong, which must be atoned for by sincere penitence:Job 40:6 to Job 42:61. Sharp rebuke of Job’s presumption, which has been carried to the point of doubting God’s justice:Job 40:6-14Job 40:6. Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man:I will demand of thee, and declare thou... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 40:1-24

“Hast Thou an Arm like God?” Job 40:1-24 God seemed to await Job’s reply to His questions. Job had protested that he would fill his mouth with arguments, but none was forthcoming. That vision of God had robbed him of self-reliance. He could only humbly acknowledge that he had uttered words enough. He must be led to the further confession, which will come presently, that he had sinned. Compare Job 42:6 . It was as though the Omniscient Eye still saw in Job some trust in himself; God... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 40:1-24

There is a pause in the unveiling as Jehovah speaks directly to His servant and asks for an answer to the things that He has said. The answer is full of suggestiveness. The man who in mighty speech and strong defiance had been of unbroken spirit in the presence of all the arguments of his friends now cried out, Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer Thee? He has learned the wisdom of, and he listens as Jehovah speaks. Again Jehovah proceeds, and He charges Job to "gird up" his... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:1-14

Job 40:1-2 Chronicles : . Divine Irony. The passage opens with a challenge to Job ( Job 40:2) in which God drives home the lesson of the previous speech. Job 40:1 is wanting in LXX and is a gloss. Job 40:3-Deuteronomy : contains Job’ s reply, in which he humbles himself before God. Peake and Strahan, however, both think that these verses are properly to be taken immediately before Job 42:1-Joshua :; so that there is only one reply from Job. If Job had already humbled himself, there seems no... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:15-24

Job 40:15 to Job 41:34 . Behemoth and Leviathan. Most scholars regard this passage as a later addition to the poem. The point of Job 40:8-2 Chronicles : is God’ s reply to Job’ s criticism of His righteousness; the description of these beasts, however, illustrates at great length man’ s impotence, which is only a secondary thought in the previous Divine speech. They therefore divert attention from the main issue. Moreover, there is a great difference between these descriptions and those of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 40:6

The whirlwind was renewed when God renewed his charge upon Job, whom he intended to humble more thoroughly than yet he had done. Both this and the next verse are repeated out of Job 38:1,Job 38:3, where they are explained. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 40:8

Every word is emphatical, Wilt (art thou resolved upon it) thou (thou, Job, whom I took to be one of a better mind and temper; had it been a stranger or my enemy who had spoken thus of me, I could have borne it, but I cannot bear it from thee) also (not only vindicate thyself, and thy own integrity, but also accuse me) disannul (not only question and dispute, but even condemn, repeal, and make void, as if it were ungrounded and unjust) my judgment, i.e. my sentence against thee, and my... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:15-24

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 40:6-14

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 40:15-24

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 40:6-24

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 40:1-24

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 40:1-24

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:1-14

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:15-24

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 40:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 40:8

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