Job 40:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. ”

• Job 40:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Shall he that contendeth with the A mighty instruct him? - Gesenius renders this, “Contending shall the reprover of God contend with the Almighty?” Prof. Lee, “Shall one by contending with the Al...

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• Job 40:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty (q) instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. (q) Is this the way for a man that will learn, to strive with God? which he reproves in Job.

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• Job 40:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 40:3-5 cont...

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• Job 40:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  he that contendeth . the caviller, or reprover. THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4. he that reproveth . contender with, or disputer.

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• Job 40:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him ? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. He that reproveth God, let him answer it - Let the man who has made so free with God and his gover...

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• Job 40:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Shall he that contendeth, &c.— He who disputeth with the Almighty shall be chastised; he that will argue the point with God ought to answer for it: Heath: who, subjoining this after Job's con...

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• Job 40:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. He that contendeth - as Job had so often expressed a wish to do (cf. Isaiah 45:9 ). Or, reb...

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• Job 40:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  A short dialogue between the Almighty and Job, ending in the latter's confession and submission.

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• Job 40:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  XL. (2) Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? — Rather, Can he that reproveth ( e. g., Job) contend with the Almighty? or, Can the contending with the Almighty instruct...

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• Job 40:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job make...

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• Job 40:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “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 o...

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• Job 40:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 a...

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• Job 40:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (1) В¶ Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, (2) Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. This was a very solemn pause in the discourse;...

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• Job 40:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him] ?.... Is he capable of it? He ought to be that takes upon him to dispute with God, to object or reply to him; that brings a charge against h...

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• Job 40:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. Ver. 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? ] Or, Is it wisdom to contend...

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• Job 40:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? Shall Job, who presumeth to contend with me in judgment, and to dispute the reasonableness and equity of my proceedings, give me instruction...

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• Job 40:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  GOD'S CHALLENGE AND JOB'S RESPONSE (vv.1-5) Job had said that if God would only listen to him, he would present his whole case in showing how God was unfair in His dealings (ch.33:3-5). Therefor...

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• Job 40:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Job's Humble Submission. B. C. 1520.       1 Moreover the L ORD answered Job, and said,   2 S...

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• Job 40:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Shall Job, who presumed to contend with me in judgment, and to dispute the reasonableness and equity of my proceedings, give me instructions or directions how to manage my own affairs, and govern my...

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• Job 40:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  Notes Job 40:15 . “ Behold turn behemoth .” Various opinions as to what is meant by the term “behemoth.” According to GESENIUS, בְּהֵמוֹת ( behemoth ) is the plural of בְּהֵמָה ( behemah , from t...

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• Job 40:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 40:4 . Behold, I am vile. Job boldly answered his friends; but when the Lord speaks, he lays his mouth in the dust. Job 40:15 . Behold now behemoth. Here sacred criticism is divided in opi...

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• Job 40:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Moreover, the Lord answered Job, and said. Jehovah’s answer Its language has reached, at times, the “high-water mark” of poetry and beauty. Nothing can exceed its dignity, its force, its majest...

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• Job 40:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 40:1-18 Between the first and the second part of the Divine discourse, at the end of which Job wholly humbles himself ( Job 42:1-18 ), is interposed a short appeal on the par...

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• Job 40:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Job Retracts His Charges

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• Job 40:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 10:22 ; 1 Corinthians 2:16 ; Ecclesiastes 6:10 ; Ezekiel 18:2 ; Isaiah 40:14 ; Isaiah 45:9-11 ; Isaiah 50:8 ; Job 10:14-17 ; Job 10:3-7 ; Job 13:21-27 ; Job 14:16 ; Job 14:1...

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• Job 40:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Reproveth — That boldly censureth his ways or works; it is at his peril.

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