Job 40:6

Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
answered	וַיַּֽעַן vai.ya.'an-	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
Job	אִ֭יּוֹב 'I.yov	H347	Ijob · proper noun, a man's name
whirlwind	סְעָרָ֗ה se.'a.rah	H5591	a hurricane · noun, common feminine singular absolute
said	וַיֹּאמַֽר vai.yo.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Psalms 50:3-4 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Hebrews 12:18-20 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
2 Peter 3:10-12 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements sha…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 40:6-14

Job was greatly humbled for what God had already said, but not sufficiently; he was brought low, but not low enough; and therefore God here proceeds to reason with him in the same manner and to the same purport as before, Job 40:6. Observe, 1. Those who duly receive what they have heard from God, and profit by it, shall hear more from him. 2. Those who are truly convinced of sin, and penitent for it, yet have need to be more thoroughly convinced and to be made more deeply penitent. Those who are under convictions, who have their sins set in order before their eyes and their hearts broken for them, must learn from this instance not to catch at comfort too soon; it will be everlasting when it…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 40:6

the Lord--JEHOVAH.

Adam Clarke on Job 40:5

Once have I spoken - See on Job 42:3 (note), etc. I will proceed no farther - I shall attempt to justify myself no longer; I have spoken repeatedly; and am confounded at my want of respect for my Maker, and at the high thoughts which I have entertained of my own righteousness. All is impurity in the presence of thy Majesty.

John Gill on Job 40:6

Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind,.... Some think that the whirlwind ceased while the Lord spake the words in Job 40:2; which encouraged Job to make the answer he did; but others are of opinion that it continued, and now increased, and was more boisterous than before. The Targum calls it the whirlwind of tribulation: comfort does not always follow immediately on first convictions; Job, though humbled, was not yet humbled enough: God will have a fuller confession of sin from him: it was not sufficient to say he was vile, he must declare his sorrow for his sin, his abhorrence of it, and of himself for it, and his repentance of it; and that he had said things of God he ought…

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The Church Fathers

"I will question you, and you answer me." The perfect rewards of the struggles are reserved after this life to those who fought bravely. The grace of God nevertheless offers a sort of pledge to the athletes. For this reason, Job faced the hardest fights; while losing his riches, he praised him who gave him these afflictions. After losing his children, he glorified him who had taken them away. While realizing that worms grew out of his body, he was not defeated by his diseases. God gave him the firstlings and the pledge of his fights by speaking to him out of the clouds and the whirlwind. After he had listened to the former speeches, when it was necessary to speak to God, he was silent, as if he had no faculty to speak to him. In fact, he did not know yet what would have been written by Moses, "Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice." Therefore, he was like someone who did not know that he did not want to answer God. But God conceded him forgiveness to speak. The benevolence of God is such that he does not play the role of the judge but that of the lawyer, who discusses the case with a man.
— Origen of Alexandria, FRAGMENTS ON JOB 28.7

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Dictionary and topics

Whirlwind · Miracles connected with: God spoke to Job from — Miracles connected with: God spoke to Job from

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Job 40:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 40:6-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 40:6

Adam Clarke on Job 40:5

John Gill on Job 40:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Job 40:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 40:6-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 40:6

Adam Clarke on Job 40:5

John Gill on Job 40:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 40:6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 40:6-7

Rashi on Job 40:5