Job 40:12 NIV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 40:12

12. proud—high ( :-). in their place—on the spot; suddenly, before they can move from their place. (See on :-; Job 40:3). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 40:6-14

God’s challenge 40:6-14God introduced this second challenge much the same as He did His first, out of the whirlwind, and with a demand that Job refute Him if he could."Yahweh confronts Job with the major flaw in his accusations. In defending his own innocence so emphatically and lashing out so vehemently at God because of his suffering, Job has essentially charged God with acting unjustly. For a mortal to presume himself guiltless and to impugn God’s just governance of the world approaches the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 40:6-34

3. God’s second speech 40:6-41:34This second divine discourse is similar to, yet different from, the first. It began as the first one did with a challenge to Job (Job 40:6-14; cf. Job 38:1-3), but it did not end with one (cf. Job 40:1-2). In the first speech Yahweh spoke of His inanimate creation and of His animate creation, specifically 10 animals. In the second speech He concentrated on only two creatures: Behemoth and Leviathan."The second speech is not a mere afterthought about two... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:1-24

The Speeches of the AlmightyWhen the human debate was over, and Job had proudly asserted his readiness to confront God, conscious of his innocence (Job 31:35-37), there was nothing left, if the contest was to be decided, except a direct intervention of God. This Job had himself again and again demanded. He had challenged God to meet him and justify the treatment He accorded to him. He complains bitterly that God evades him, and lets him suffer, though He knows that he is innocent. Now at last... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:6-24

The Second Speech of the AlmightyJob, 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 invited to take God's place as ruler of the universe, and to display a wisdom as great as that of God. If he proved himself competent to do this, then, and not till then, he may consider himself independent of God and criticise His actions.8. Disannul my judgment] deny my righteousness. 13. In secret] RV 'in... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:6-34

The Second Speech of the AlmightyJob, 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 invited to take God’s place as ruler of the universe, and to display a wisdom as great as that of God. If he proved himself competent to do this, then, and not till then, he may consider himself independent of God and criticise His actions.8. Disannul my judgment] deny my righteousness. 13. In secret] RV ’in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 40:1-24

Job 40:4 All through the book of Job the question, how this can be, is over and over again asked, and never answered; inadequate solutions are offered and repelled, but an adequate solution is never reached. The only solution reached is that of silence before the insoluble: 'I will lay my hand upon my mouth'. Matthew Arnold. Job 40:11-12 This, says Lucretius (v. 1231 f), is Nature's prerogative and function: 'So doth some hidden power trample ever on things human, seeming to tread under foot... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 40:1-24

XXVIII.THE RECONCILIATIONJob 38:1 - Job 42:6THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in chapters 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job makes submission and owns his fault in doubting the faithfulness of Divine providence. The intervening passage containing descriptions of the great animals of the Nile is scarcely in the same high strain of poetic art or on the same high level of cogent reasoning. It seems rather of a hyperbolical kind, suggesting... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 40:1-24

CHAPTER 40 1. The answer demanded (Job 40:1-2 ) 2. Job’s answer (Job 40:3-5 ) 3. Jehovah’s appeal to Job (Job 40:6-14 ) 4. Behold behemoth! (Job 40:15-24 ) Job 40:1-3 . Now comes the direct word of Jehovah out of the storm-cloud to Job. He addresses him as “he that reproveth God.” He had contended with the Almighty and now the Almighty Job had judged faces him and demands an answer. Let him answer. Job 40:3-5 . And Job answers; and what an answer it is! It is the answer for which God... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:1-24

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). Therefore now God gives Job opportunity to do this. He asks Job, "Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it" (v.2). Where were Job's arguments then? How withering were God's words to the unseemly pride of Job! He says, "Behold, I am vile; what shall I... read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 40:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 40:6-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 40:6-34

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:1-24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:6-24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:6-34

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 40:1-24

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 40:1-24

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 40:1-24

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 40:1-24

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