Job 40:14

The verse reads,

Then will I also praise thee,

That thine own right hand can save thee.

If Job will shew himself worthy of that place to which he aspires when he reproves the rule of God in the universe, then even Jehovah Himself, who elsewhere says, "Is there a God beside me? yea there is no God; I know not any" (Isaiah 44:8), will admit his independent might, and laud him as one whose own right hand can save him, comp. Psalms 98:1; Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5.

15 ch. Job 41:34. Description of two monsters, Behemoth and Leviathan.

Many writers consider the two passages, ch. Job 40:15-24 and ch. 41, in which Behemoth and Leviathan are described, to be interpolations (see the Introduction). Whether the passages be interpolations or parts of the original poem, the meaning of their introduction in this place will be the same.

In ch. Job 40:6-14 Jehovah invited Job to assume the rule of the world, and to bring low all opposing forces of evil. He is able to do this, seeing he challenges the rule of the Almighty. And to bring to his consciousness whether he is able or not two creatures, the work of God's hand like himself (Job 40:15), are brought before him and the question put, Is he able to enter into conflict with themand subdue them? Is he therefore able to assume the rule of the world or to enter into conflict with the Creator of these formidable monsters? "Who then will stand before me?" ch. Job 41:9-11.