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Job 40:9

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Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 9

Many humbling confounding questions God had put to Job, in the foregoing chapter; now, in this chapter, I. He demands an answer to them (Job 40:1, Job 40:2). II. Job submits in a humble silence (Job 40:3-5). III. God proceeds to reason with him, for his conviction, concerning the infinite distance and disproportion between him and God, showing that he was by no means an equal match for God. He challenges him (Job 40:6, Job 40:7) to vie with him, if he durst, for justice (Job 40:8), power (Job 40:9), majesty (Job 40:10), and dominion over the proud (Job 40:11-14), and he gives an instance of his power in one particular animal, here called "Behemoth," (Job 40:15-24).

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Strong's Concordancev. 9

זְרוֹעַ (zᵉrôwaʻ, H2220) — the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force אֵל (ʼêl, H410) — strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) רָעַם (râʻam, H7481) — to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); figuratively,… קוֹל (qôwl, H6963) — a voice or sound

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Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

I Corinthians 10:22rank 2

Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Job 23:6rank 2

Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

Psalms 29:3rank 2

The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.

Isaiah 45:9rank 2

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Psalms 89:10rank 2

You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Exodus 15:6rank 2

Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

Job 9:4rank 2

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

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