Job 40:6-42:6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 40:6-14

Job was greatly humbled for what God had already said, but not sufficiently; he was brought low, but not low enough; and therefore God here proceeds to reason with him in the same manner and to the same purport as before, Job 40:6. Observe, 1. Those who duly receive what they have heard from God, and profit by it, shall hear more from him. 2. Those who are truly convinced of sin, and penitent for it, yet have need to be more thoroughly convinced and to be made more deeply penitent. Those who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 40:6

Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind ,.... Some think that the whirlwind ceased while the Lord spake the words in Job 40:2 ; which encouraged Job to make the answer he did; but others are of opinion that it continued, and now increased, and was more boisterous than before. The Targum calls it the whirlwind of tribulation: comfort does not always follow immediately on first convictions; Job, though humbled, was not yet humbled enough: God will have a fuller confession of sin... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:6

Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said (comp. Job 38:1 ). The storm still continued, or, after a lull, had returned. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:6-14

Jehovah to Job: the second answer: 1. A sublime challenge. I. A SUMMONS ISSUED . "Gird up thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me." Here again appears a series of gracious wonders. 1 . That Jehovah should propose to continue further the instruction of his servant. But so God deals with all whom he undertakes to educate, teaching them with patience, perseverance, minuteness, giving them line upon line, and desisting not until their spiritual... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 40:6-24

Job's confession not having been sufficiently ample, the Divine discourse is continued through the remainder of this chapter, and through the whole of the next, the object being to break down the last remnants of pride and self-trust in the soul of the patriarch, and to bring him to complete submission and dependence on the Divine will. The argument falls under three heads—Can Job cope with God in his general providence (verses 6-14)? can he even cope with two of God's creatures—with behemoth... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 40:6

Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind - See the notes at Job 38:1. God here resumes the argument which had been interrupted in order to give Job an opportunity to speak and to carry his cause before the Almighty, as he had desired, see Job 40:2. Since Job had nothing to say, the argument, which had been suspended, is resumed and completed. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 40:6

Job 40:6. Then answered the Lord out of the whirlwind Which was renewed when God renewed his charge upon Job, whom he intended to humble more thoroughly than he had yet done. This and the next verse are repeated out of Job 38:1; Job 38:3, where the reader will find them explained. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 40:1-14

A direct challenge (40:1-14)God now challenges Job to present his arguments (40:1-2). Although God’s speech has not specifically dealt with the problem of Job’s suffering, Job has no argument to present. God has not solved Job’s intellectual problems, nor has he confirmed or denied the theories of the three friends. He has said nothing against Job, but he has shown Job that people cannot expect to understand everything about the activity of God in the complex world he has made. Job is sorry for... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 40:6

GOD CHALLENGES JOB TO TAKE OVER THE UNIVERSE"Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,Gird up thy loins now like a man:I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.Wilt thou even annul my judgment?Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?Or hast thou an arm like God?And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity;And array thyself with honor and majesty.Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger;And look upon every one that... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 40:6

6. the Lord—JEHOVAH. read more

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