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Job Chapter 40

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Job

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In this chapter God directly addresses Job, affirming His power over the heavens and the earth and declaring that He alone is God. The friends of Job are silenced, and Job is left in silence, reflecting the theme of divine sovereignty. The passage emphasizes that God’s authority is absolute, even when human wisdom fails.

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(1) Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
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Job 40:6Job 38:1

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Job 1:5Job 42:8

(2) Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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Job 9:3Job 33:13Ecclesiastes 6:10Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 45:10Isaiah 45:11Isaiah 50:8I Corinthians 10:22Isaiah 40:14I Corinthians 2:16Job 3:11Job 3:12

(3) Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
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Job 1:5Job 42:8

(4) Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
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Job 42:6Genesis 18:27Genesis 32:10II Samuel 24:10I Kings 19:4Ezra 9:6Ezra 9:15Nehemiah 9:33Psalms 51:4Psalms 51:5Isaiah 6:5Isaiah 53:6

(5) Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
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Job 34:31Job 34:32Romans 3:19Job 33:14II Kings 6:10Psalms 62:11Jeremiah 31:18Jeremiah 31:19

(6) Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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Job 38:1Psalms 50:3Psalms 50:4Hebrews 12:18Hebrews 12:19Hebrews 12:20II Peter 3:10II Peter 3:11II Peter 3:12

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Job 1:5Job 42:8

(7) Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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Job 13:22Job 23:3Job 23:4Job 38:3Job 42:4

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Job 38:3

(8) Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
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Psalms 51:4Romans 3:4Isaiah 14:27Isaiah 28:18Galatians 3:15Galatians 3:17Hebrews 7:18Job 10:3Job 27:2Job 27:3Job 27:4Job 27:5

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II Kings 8:12Exodus 15:26Psalms 5:12Deuteronomy 30:20Genesis 18:24Judges 4:8

(9) Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
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Job 9:4Job 23:6Job 33:12Job 33:13Exodus 15:6Psalms 89:10Psalms 89:13Isaiah 45:9I Corinthians 10:22Job 37:4Job 37:5Psalms 39:3

(10) Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
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Job 39:19Psalms 93:1Psalms 104:1Psalms 104:2Isaiah 59:17I Chronicles 29:11Psalms 21:5Psalms 45:3Psalms 45:4Matthew 6:13II Peter 1:16II Peter 1:17

(11) Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
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Job 20:23Job 27:22Deuteronomy 32:22Psalms 78:49Psalms 78:50Psalms 144:6Romans 2:8Romans 2:9Exodus 9:16Exodus 9:17Exodus 15:6Exodus 18:11

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Proverbs 21:24

(12) Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
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Psalms 60:12Proverbs 15:25Isaiah 10:6Zechariah 10:5Malachi 4:3Romans 16:20Job 36:20Ecclesiastes 11:3Acts 1:25

(13) Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
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Job 14:13Psalms 49:14Isaiah 2:10Job 36:13Esther 7:8John 11:44

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Psalms 27:5

(14) Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
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Psalms 44:3Psalms 44:6Isaiah 40:29Romans 5:6Ephesians 2:4Ephesians 2:5Ephesians 2:6Ephesians 2:7Ephesians 2:8Ephesians 2:9

(15) Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
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Genesis 1:24Genesis 1:25Genesis 1:26Job 40:20Job 39:8Psalms 104:14

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Romans 14:3Romans 14:6Psalms 106:20I Peter 1:24Exodus 21:28Exodus 21:35

(16) Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
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Ezekiel 8:2

(17) He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
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Job 41:23

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10I Kings 5:17

(18) His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
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Job 7:12Isaiah 48:4

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18Daniel 2:40Exodus 13:19II Samuel 21:12

(19) He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
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Job 26:13Psalms 104:24Psalms 7:12Isaiah 27:1

(20) Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
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Job 40:15Psalms 147:8Psalms 147:9Psalms 104:14Psalms 104:26

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Genesis 41:48Genesis 23:17Genesis 47:24Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5Job 5:23

(21) He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
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Isaiah 19:6Isaiah 19:7Isaiah 35:7

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Leviticus 23:40II Chronicles 2:8Ezekiel 40:5Ezekiel 40:7

(22) The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
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Leviticus 23:40Isaiah 15:7Ezekiel 17:5

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Leviticus 23:40II Chronicles 2:8

(23) Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
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Isaiah 37:25Psalms 55:8Isaiah 28:16Genesis 13:10Joshua 3:15

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Genesis 15:18Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21Joshua 12:2Joshua 17:9Judges 5:21

(24) He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
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Job 41:1Job 41:2

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