Job 40:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. ”

Job 40:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gird up thy loins now like a man - An expression taken from the ancient mode of dress. That was a loose, flowing robe, which was secured by a girdle when traveling, or when one entered upon anyth...
Job 40:7 - 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...
Job 40:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.
Job 40:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Gird up thy loins - See Job 38:1-3 . Some think that this and the preceding verse have been repeated here from Job...
Job 40:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. (Note, 38:3.) Since Job has not only spoken against God, but accused Him of injustice, God challenges him to...
Job 40:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Second Speech of the Almighty Job, we know, in his anxiety to prove his integrity had been led into casting doubts on the justice of God's government of the world. He is here ironically invite...
Job 40:7 - 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...
Job 40:7 - 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...
Job 40:7 - 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...
Job 40:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) В¶ 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 unto me. (8) Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?...
Job 40:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Job 40:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Ver. 7. Gird up thy loins now like a man ] Resume new strength, and prepare yourself for a second encounter; for...
Job 40:7 - 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...
Job 40:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Divine Justice and Power; God's Dominion over the Proud. B. C. 1520. 6 Then answered t...
Job 40:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Job 40:7 - 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...
Job 40:7 - 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...
Job 40:7 - 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...
Job 40:7 - 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...
Job 40:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Rebukes Job's Presumption.
Job 40:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 13:22 ; Job 23:3 ; Job 23:4 ; Job 38:3 ; Job 42:4

Job 40:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 40:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 40:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 40:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 40:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 40:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 40:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 40:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 40:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 40:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 40:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 40:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 40:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 40:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 40:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 40:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 40:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 40:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 40:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge