Job 40 · Verse 9

Job 40:9

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Job 40:9, King James Version

Job 40:9 in other translations

BSBDo you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
WEBOr do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
ASVOr hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
YLTAnd an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
DARBYHast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
BBEHave you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
WebsterHast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?

What does Job 40:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. arm--God's omnipotence (Is 53:1). thunder--God's voice (Job 37:4).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Hast thou an arm like God? - Every word, from this to the end of Job 40:14, has a wonderful tendency to humble the soul; and it is no wonder that at the conclusion of these sayings Job fell in the dust confounded, and ascribed righteousness to his Maker.

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…

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Job 40:9 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.

וְאִם\־ve.'im-and or?H518
זְר֖וֹעַze.Ro.a'[does] an armH2220
כָּאֵ֥ל\׀ka.'Ellike <the> GodH410
לָ֑ךְLakh[belong] to you?
וּ֝בְק֗וֹלu.ve.Koland with a voiceH6963
כָּמֹ֥הוּka.Mo.hulike himH3644
תַרְעֵֽם\׃tar.'Emwill you thunder?H7481

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

Cross references for Job 40:9

  • Job 37:4-5

    After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

  • Isaiah 45:9

    Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

  • Psalms 89:13

    Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

  • Psalms 89:10

    Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

  • Exodus 15:6

    Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:22

    Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

  • Psalms 39:3-9

    My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. …

  • Job 23:6

    Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

  • Job 9:4

    He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

  • Job 33:12-13

    Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

  • Psalms 29:3

    The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hast.
9:4; 23:6; 33:12,13; Ex 15:6; Ps 89:10,13; Isa 45:9; 1Co 10:22
canst.
37:4,5; Ps 39:3-9

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Context

  • Job 40:8

    Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • 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.

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Job 40:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y yo también te confesaré que podrá salvarte tu diestra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		As-tu un bras comme ✶Dieu, et tonneras-tu de ta voix comme lui?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dann werde auch ich dich preisen, daß deine Rechte dir Hülfe schafft.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ego confitebor quod salvare te possit dextera tua.