Job humbles himself before God, Job 40:1. God challenges him to vie with him, in justice, power, majesty, and dominion over the proud, Job 40:6. And gives an instance of his power in the behemoth, Job 40:15.
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JOB 38:1 TO JOB 42:6. THE DIVINE SPEECHES. Here after the Elihu
interpolation Job 32-37, we return to the original poem and the
solution of Job 31, in which Job summed up his second problem, that of
D...
42:6. The Lord answers Job out of the Storm
We are now to witness the last act of the drama. And to understand it
we have to go back to the starting-point and recall the idea of the
Poem. This idea i...
TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION
_The Lord_
1-2 Job, you challenged Almighty God;
will you give up now, or will you answer?
_Job_
3-4 I spoke foolishly, Lord. What can I answer?
I will not try to say any...
INTRODUCTION TO JOB 40
In this chapter Job is called upon to give in his answer, Job 40:1,
which he does in the most humble manner, acknowledging his vileness
and folly, Job 40:3; and then the Lord p...
* Job humbles himself to God. (1-5) The Lord reasons with Job to show
his righteousness, power, and wisdom. (6-14) God's power shown in
Behemoth. (15-24)...