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Job 40:2 KJV
Job · chapter 40 · verse 2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.Job 40:2 · King James Version
Job 40:2 in context
1Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
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Key words (Strong's)
- contendethrîybproperly, to tossH7378 →
- reprovethyâkachto be rightH3198 →
- AlmightyShaddaythe AlmightyH7706 →
- instructyiççôwra reproverH3250 →
- Godʼĕlôwahha deity or the DeityH433 →
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Here is, I. A humbling challenge which God gave to Job. After he had heaped up many hard questions upon him, to show him, by his manifest ignorance in the works of nature, what an incompetent judge he was of the methods and designs of Providence, he clenches the nail with one demand more, which stands by itself here…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5