Job 40:9

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

GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.

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Related Commentaries of Job 40:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Job 40:9