--- title: "Job 40 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Job 40 with clarkes commentary commentary. 1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 3 ¶ Then" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/job/40" --- [ Read](/kjv/job/40)[ Commentary](/study/job/40)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/job/40) Audio 1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct *him*? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 3 ¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. 6 ¶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now *with* majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one *that is* proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one *that is* proud, *and* bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together; *and* bind their faces in secret. 14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. 15 ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.* 16 Lo now, his strength *is* in his loins, and his force *is* in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.* 18 His bones *are as* strong pieces of brass; his bones *are* like bars of iron. 19 He *is* the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach *unto him*. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. 22 The shady trees cover him *with* their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. 23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, *and* hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.* 24 He taketh it with his eyes: *his* nose pierceth through snares.* [Job 39](/study/job/39) [Job 41](/study/job/41) ## Commentary To verse 1 Verse [Job 40:1](/kjv/job/40/1). ***Moreover the Lord answered*** — That is, the Lord continued his discourse with Job. *Answered* does not refer to any thing *said* by Job, or any *question* asked. I think it very likely that this whole piece, from the beginning of this *first* verse to the end of the *fourteenth*, was originally the *ending* of the poem. Mr. *Heath* has noticed this, and I shall lay his words before the reader: "The former part of this chapter is evidently the conclusion of the poem; the latter part whereof seems to be in great disorder; whether it has happened from the carelessness of the transcriber, or, which appears most probable, from the skins of parchment composing the roll having by some accident changed their places. It is plain from the *seventh* verse of the *forty-second* chapter [Job 42:7](/kjv/job/42/7) that Jehovah is the *last* speaker in the poem. If, then, immediately after the end of the *thirty-ninth* chapter, we subjoin the *fifteenth* verse of the *forty-second* chapter, and place the *fourteen* first verses of the *fortieth* chapter immediately after the *sixth* verse of the *forty-second* chapter, and by that means make them the conclusion of the poem, all will be right; and this *seventh* verse of the *forty-second* chapter will be in its natural order. The action will be complete by the judgment of the Almighty; and the catastrophe of the poem will be grand and solemn." To these reasons of Mr. *Heath*, Dr. *Kennicott* has added others, which the reader may find at the end of the chapter. 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