In this chapter Job is called upon to give in his answer
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Job 40
Job 40 — Overview
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Job 40 — OverviewJob 40 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMany humbling confounding questions God had put to Job, in the
foregoing chapter; now, in this chapter, I. He demands an answer to
them, ver. 1, 2. II. Job submits in a humble silence, ver. 3-5. III.
God…Job 40 — OverviewJob 40 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 40:1, Job humbles himself to God; Job 40:6, God stirs him up to shew his righteousness, power, and wisdom; Job 40:16, Of the behemoth.Job 40:1-5Job 40:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere 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…Job 40:1-5Job 40:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryBetween the first and the second part of the Divine discourse, at the end of which Job wholly humbles himself (Job 42:1-6), is interposed a short appeal on the part of tile Almighty, and a short reply on Job's part,…Job 40:1-5Job 40:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryJehovah to Job: the first answer-the application.
I. JEHOVAH'S CONDESCENSION TOWARDS JOB.
1. In listening with patient silence to Job's censures and complaints. "Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct…Job 40:1-5Job 40:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryConclusion of Jehovah's address: reply of Job: lowliness in the presence of Jehovah.
The words of Jehovah express this—
I. THAT THE DIVINE WORKS PRESENT A TRIUMPHANT CHALLENGE TO HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. (Verse 2.) Can man…