Job 40

Job 40:1

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Job 40:2

he that contendeth = the caviller, or reprover.

THE . Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.

he that reproveth = contender with, or disputer.

Job 40:4

I am vile. This is true wisdom. This is “the end of the Lord” (James 5:11), and the “end” of this whole book.

what . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

lay mine hand, &c. Symbolic of silence and submission.

Job 40:5

Once . . . twice. Hebrew idiom (App-6) for doing a thing repeatedly. Compare Psalms 62:11.

but. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, omit “but”.

Job 40:7

man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.

Job 40:9

an arm. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.

GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.

Job 40:11

rage = overflowings.

Job 40:12

wicked = lawless. Hebrew. rasha’. App-44.

behemoth: probably the hippopotamus (Greek for river-horse).

Job 40:16

Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

navel = muscles.

Job 40:23

trusteth = believeth. Hebrew. batah. App-69.