Job 40:6-42 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 40:6-14

Job was greatly humbled for what God had already said, but not sufficiently; he was brought low, but not low enough; and therefore God here proceeds to reason with him in the same manner and to the same purport as before, Job 40:6. Observe, 1. Those who duly receive what they have heard from God, and profit by it, shall hear more from him. 2. Those who are truly convinced of sin, and penitent for it, yet have need to be more thoroughly convinced and to be made more deeply penitent. Those who... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 40:15-24

God, for the further proving of his own power and disproving of Job's pretensions, concludes his discourse with the description of two vast and mighty animals, far exceeding man in bulk and strength, one he calls behemoth, the other leviathan. In these verses we have the former described. ?Behold now behemoth, and consider whether thou art able to contend with him who made that beast and gave him all the power he has, and whether it is not thy wisdom rather to submit to him and make thy peace... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:6

Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind ,.... Some think that the whirlwind ceased while the Lord spake the words in Job 40:2 ; which encouraged Job to make the answer he did; but others are of opinion that it continued, and now increased, and was more boisterous than before. The Targum calls it the whirlwind of tribulation: comfort does not always follow immediately on first convictions; Job, though humbled, was not yet humbled enough: God will have a fuller confession of sin... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:7

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and , declare thou unto me ,.... And prepare to give an answer to what should be demanded of him. The same way of speaking is used in Job 38:3 ; See Gill on Job 38:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:8

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment ?.... The decrees and purposes of God concerning his dealings with men, particularly the afflictions of them, which are framed with the highest wisdom and reason, and according to the strictest justice, and can never be frustrated or made void; or the sentence of God concerning them, that is gone out of his mouth and cannot be altered; or the execution of it, which cannot be hindered: it respects the wisdom of God in the government of the world, as Aben... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:9

Hast thou an arm like God ?.... Such power as he has, which is infinite, almighty, and uncontrollable, and therefore there is no contending with him; as he has an arm on which good men may lean on and trust in, and by which they are supported, protected, and saved, so he has an arm to crush like a moth all that strive with him or against him; or canst thou thunder with a voice like him ? thunder is his voice; see Job 37:4 , &c.; and is expressive of his power, Job 26:14 ; and his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:10

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency ,.... With excellent majesty, as I am decked and clothed, Psalm 93:1 ; and array thyself with glory and beauty ; appear in the most glorious and splendid manner thou canst, make the best figure thou art able, put on royal robes, and take thy seat and throne, and sit as a king or judge in state and pomp, and exert thyself to do the following things; or take my seat and throne as the judge of the whole earth, and try if thou canst govern the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:11

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath ,.... Work thyself up into a passion, at least seemingly; put on all the airs of a wrathful and enraged king on a throne of state, whose wrath is like the roaring of a lion, and as messengers of death; pour out menaces plentifully, threatening what thou wilt do; and try if by such means thou canst humble the spirit of a proud man, as follows; and behold everyone that is proud, and abase him ; look sternly at him, put on a fierce, furious, and menacing... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:12

Look on everyone that is proud, and bring him low ,.... As the Lord often does; see Isaiah 2:11 ; this is the same as before; and tread down the wicked in their place ; the same with the proud, for pride makes men wicked; it is a sin, and very odious in the sight of God, and is highly resented by him; he resists the proud: now Job is bid, when he has brought proud men low, and laid their honour in the dust, to keep them there, to trample upon them, and tread them as mire in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:13

Hide them in the dust together ,.... Either in the dust of death, that they may be seen no more in this world, in the same place and circumstances where they showed their pride and haughtiness; or in the dust of the grave, and let them have an inglorious burial, like that of malefactors thrown into some common pit together; as, when multitudes are slain in battle, a large pit is dug, and the bodies are cast in together without any order or decency; or it may be rendered "alike" F2 יחד ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 40:6-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 40:15-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:13

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