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<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Or do you have an arm like God,<br>         And can you thunder with a voice like His? <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,<br>         And clothe yourself with honor and majesty. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Pour out the overflowings of your anger,<br>         And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Look on everyone who is proud, <i>and</i> humble him,<br>         And tread down the wicked where they stand. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Hide them in the dust together;<br>         Bind them in the hidden <i>place.</i> <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Then I will also confess to you,<br>         That your own right hand can save you. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Gods Power Shown in Creatures</i></b></font><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;<br>         He eats grass like an ox. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Behold now, his strength in his loins<br>         And his power in the muscles of his belly. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>He bends his tail like a cedar;<br>         The sinews of his thighs are knit together. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>His bones are tubes of bronze;<br>         His limbs are like bars of iron. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>He is the first of the ways of God;<br>         Let his maker bring near his sword. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Surely the mountains bring him food,<br>         And all the beasts of the field play there. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Under the lotus plants he lies down,<br>         In the covert of the reeds and the marsh. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>The lotus plants cover him with shade;<br>         The willows of the brook surround him. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>If a river rages, he is not alarmed;<br>         He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/40-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,<br>         With barbs can anyone pierce <i>his</i> nose? <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/40.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/job/40.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/40.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay mine hand upon my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/40.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_2_1856/indwelling_sin.htm">Indwelling Sin</a><br></span><span class="snippet">It is a doctrine, as I believe, taught us in Holy Writ, that when a man is saved by divine grace, he is not wholly cleansed from the corruption of his heart. When we believe in Jesus Christ all our sins are pardoned; yet the power of sin, albeit that it is weakened and kept under by the dominion of the new-born nature which God doth infuse into our souls, doth not cease, but still tarrieth in us, and will do so to our dying day. It is a doctrine held by all the orthodox, that there dwelleth still <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_2_1856/indwelling_sin.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_parts_to_be.htm">Whether the Parts to be Anointed are Suitably Assigned?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It would seem that these parts are unsuitably assigned, namely, that the eyes, nose, ears, lips, hands, and feet should be anointed. For a wise physician heals the disease in its root. Now "from the heart come forth thoughts . . . that defile a man" (Mat. 15:19,20). Therefore the breast ought to be anointed. Objection 2: Further, purity of mind is not less necessary to those who are departing this life than to those who are entering therein. Now those who are entering are anointed with <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_parts_to_be.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_at_the_coming_judgment.htm">Whether at the Coming Judgment the Angels Will be Judged?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It would seem that the angels will be judged at the coming judgment. For it is written (1 Cor. 6:3): "Know you not that we shall judge angels?" But this cannot refer to the state of the present time. Therefore it should refer to the judgment to come. Objection 2: Further, it is written concerning Behemoth or Leviathan, whereby the devil is signified (Job 40:28): "In the sight of all he shall be cast down"; and (Mk. 1:24)* the demon cried out to Christ: "Why art Thou come to destroy us <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_at_the_coming_judgment.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_hope_is_in_the_3.htm">Whether Hope is in the Damned?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It would seem that there is hope in the damned. For the devil is damned and prince of the damned, according to Mat. 25:41: "Depart . . . you cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels." But the devil has hope, according to Job 40:28, "Behold his hope shall fail him." Therefore it seems that the damned have hope. Objection 2: Further, just as faith is either living or dead, so is hope. But lifeless faith can be in the devils and the damned, according <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_hope_is_in_the_3.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/december_14_evening.htm">December 14 Evening</a><br></span><span class="snippet">By nature the children of wrath, even as others.--EPH. 2:3. We ourselves also were sometime foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.--Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. Job answered the Lord, and said, Behold, I am vile: what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.--The Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/daily_light_on_the_daily_path/december_14_evening.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Anonymous—</span><span class="citation2">Daily Light on the Daily Path</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newcomb/a_practical_directory_for_young_christian_females/letter_xx_self-examination.htm">Letter xx. Self-Examination. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith: prove your own selves."--2 COR. 13:6. MY DEAR SISTER, In view of the positive injunction of Scripture, above quoted, no argument is necessary to show that self-examination is a duty. But if the word of God had been silent upon the subject, the importance of self-knowledge would have been a sufficient motive for searching into the secret springs of action which influence our conduct. A person ignorant of his own heart, is like a merchant, who knows <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/newcomb/a_practical_directory_for_young_christian_females/letter_xx_self-examination.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Harvey Newcomb—</span><span class="citation2">A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature_and_grace/article_one_whether_god_is.htm">Whether God is a Body</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Whether God is a Body We proceed to the first article thus: 1. It seems that God is a body. For what has three dimensions is a body, and sacred Scripture attributes three dimensions to God, as in Job 11:8-9: "It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea." God is therefore a body. 2. Again, everything that has figure is a body, since figure is a mode of quantity. Now it seems that God has <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature_and_grace/article_one_whether_god_is.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Nature and Grace</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_god_is_a_body.htm">Whether God is a Body?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It seems that God is a body. For a body is that which has the three dimensions. But Holy Scripture attributes the three dimensions to God, for it is written: "He is higher than Heaven, and what wilt thou do? He is deeper than Hell, and how wilt thou know? The measure of Him is longer than the earth and broader than the sea" (Job 11:8,9). Therefore God is a body. Objection 2: Further, everything that has figure is a body, since figure is a quality of quantity. But God seems to have figure, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_god_is_a_body.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_blessing_of_jacob_upon.htm">The Blessing of Jacob Upon Judah. (Gen. Xlix. 8-10. )</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Ver. 8. "Judah, thou, thy brethren shall praise thee; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; before thee shall bow down the sons of thy father. Ver. 9. A lion's whelp is Judah; from the prey, my son, thou goest up; he stoopeth down, he coucheth as a lion, and as a full-grown lion, who shall rouse him up? Ver. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto Him the people shall adhere." Thus does dying Jacob, in announcing <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_blessing_of_jacob_upon.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—</span><span class="citation2">Christology of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_riches_of_bunyan/xx_false_profession.htm">False Profession. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">As there are trees and herbs that are wholly right and noble, fit indeed for the vineyard, so there are also their semblance, but wild; not right, but ignoble. There is the grape, and the wild grape; the vine, and the wild vine; the rose, and the canker-rose; flowers, and wild flowers; the apple, and the wild apple, which we call the crab. Now, fruit from these wild things, however they may please the children to play with, yet the prudent and grave count them of little or no value. There are also <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_riches_of_bunyan/xx_false_profession.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Bunyan—</span><span class="citation2">The Riches of Bunyan</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature_and_grace/article_three_whether_there_is_2.htm">Whether There is Hope in the Damned</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Whether there is Hope in the Damned We proceed to the third article thus: 1. It seems that there is hope in the damned. For the devil is damned, and the prince of the damned, according to Matt. 25:41: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." Yet the devil has hope, according to Job 41:9: "Behold, the hope of him is in vain." It seems, therefore, that the damned have hope. 2. Again, just as faith can be formed and unformed, so can hope. Now there can <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature_and_grace/article_three_whether_there_is_2.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Nature and Grace</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/40-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 40:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 40:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/40-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 40:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 40:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/job/40-4.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>