Job 40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

he that contendeth. the caviller, or reprover.

THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.

he that reproveth. contender with, or disputer.

I am vile. This is true wisdom. This is "the end of the Lord" (James 5:11), and the "end" of this whole book.

what... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

lay mine hand, &c. Symbolic of silence and submission.

Once... twice. Hebrew idiom (App-6) for doing. thing repeatedly. Compare Psalms 62:11.

but. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, omit "but".

man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.

an arm. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.

GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.

rage. overflowings.

wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

behemoth: probably the hippopotamus (Greek for river-horse).

Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

navel. muscles.

trusteth. believeth. Hebrew. batah. App-69.