Job 40 · Verse 10

Job 40:10

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Job 40:10, King James Version

Job 40:10 in other translations

BSBThen adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
WEB“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
ASVDeck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.
YLTPut on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
DARBYDeck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
BBEPut on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:
WebsterDeck thyself now with majesty and excellence; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

What does Job 40:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. See, hast thou power and majesty like God's, to enable thee to judge and govern the world?

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Deck thyself now with majesty - Act like God, seeing thou hast been assuming to thyself perfections that belong to him alone.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 40:6-14

Those who profit by what they have heard from God, shall hear more from him. And those who are truly convinced of sin, yet need to be more thoroughly convinced and more humbled. No doubt God, and he only, has power to humble and bring down proud men; he has wisdom to know when and how to do it, and it is not for us to teach him how to govern the world. Our own hands cannot save us by recommending us to God's grace…

Read the full comment on Job 40:6-14 →

Job 40:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֲדֵ֥ה'a.Dehdeck yourselfH5710
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994
גָֽא֣וֹןga.'onmajestyH1347
וָגֹ֑בַהּva.Goahand dignityH1363
וְה֖וֹדve.Hodand gloryH1935
וְהָדָ֣רve.ha.Darand honorH1926
תִּלְבָּֽשׁ\׃til.Bashyou will be clothedH3847

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 40:10

  • Psalms 93:1

    The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

  • Psalms 149:4

    For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

  • Isaiah 59:17

    For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

  • Job 39:19

    Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

  • Psalms 104:1-2

    Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11

    Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

  • Psalms 45:3-4

    Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:54

    So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

  • Psalms 90:16-17

    Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

  • Jude 1:24-25

    Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

  • Matthew 6:13

    And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

  • 2 Peter 1:16-17

    For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deck.
39:19; Ps 93:1; 104:1,2; Isa 59:17
majesty.
1Ch 29:11; Ps 21:5; 45:3,4; Mt 6:13; 2Pe 1:16,17; Jude 1:24,25
glory.
Ex 28:2; Ps 50:2; 90:16,17; 149:4; Isa 4:2; *marg:
1Co 15:54

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 40:9

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

  • Job 40:10

    Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

  • Job 40:11

    Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

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Job 40:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí ahora behemoth, al cual yo hice contigo; hierba come como buey.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Pare-toi, je te prie, de grandeur et de magnificence; revêts-toi de majesté et de gloire!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sieh doch den Behemoth, den ich mit dir gemacht habe; er frißt Gras wie das Rind.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce behemoth quem feci tecum, fœnum quasi bos comedet.