Job 40:3

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 40:1-24

Chapter 40Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said, Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? ( Job 40:1-2 )"Job, are you trying to instruct me?" Isn't that ridiculous? Can you think of anybody trying to instruct God? How foolish! But you're looking at one. How many times I've tried to instruct God. "Now, God, this is the way I see it, and I think You ought to work it out this way." "Lord, why aren't you doing it this way?" I have been so foolish thinking that I can instruct God,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 40:1-24

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 opinion; and not less than about the unicorn and the rhinoceros. The ancients believed that the behemoth, ta therial, the beast, was an elephant. The description of this noble animal is too large to be transcribed here. It should be remarked that there is little of hyperbole in the description of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 40:1-24

Job 40:1-24Moreover, the Lord answered Job, and said.Jehovah’s answerIts language has reached, at times, the “high-water mark” of poetry and beauty. Nothing can exceed its dignity, its force, its majesty, the freshness and vigour of some of its pictures of nature and of life. But what shall we say next? It is no answer, we may say, to Job’s agonised pleadings. It is no answer to the riddle and problem which the experience and history of human life suggests, even to ourselves. Quite true. There... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 40:3-4

Job 40:3-4Behold, I am vile.A humbling confessionSelf-examination is of unspeakable importance. The most useful knowledge of ourselves is not that which is physical, but that which is moral; not a knowledge of our worldly affairs, but of our spiritual condition.I. The self-accusation. “Behold, I am vile.”1. The quality acknowledged. “Vileness.” “Behold, I am vile.” “Vile,” says Johnson in his Dictionary, is “base, mean, worthless, despicable, impure.” There is nothing in the world to which this... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 40:3

Job 40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, Ver. 3. Then Job answered the Lord, and said ] It was time for him, if ever, to stoop to the Most High, so far condescending to his meanness, and to answer his expectation by acknowledging a fault, and promising amendment. Lo, this is the guise of a godly person: he may be out, but he will not usually be obstinate. A humble man will never be a heretic; convince him once, and he will yield: not so the obstinate and uncounselable person; he runs... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 40:3

Reciprocal: Job 34:31 - General Job 42:6 - I James 4:7 - Submit read more

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 40:1-24

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 40:1-24

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 40:1-24

The Biblical Illustrator - Job 40:3-4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 40:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 40:3

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