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Job 40:9 Cross-References
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“Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?”
Job 40:9 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 40:9
"Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?" God questions whether Job possesses divine power. The "arm" (zero'a, זְרוֹעַ) symbolizes strength and might throughout Scripture. Thunder represents God's powerful voice (Psalm 29). These rhetorical questions expose the vast gulf between Creator and creature. Job cannot replicate divine power, therefore cannot judge divine governance. This teaches that moral authority to judge requires power to remedy—Job can do neither. Only God possesses both the power and the right to govern creation.
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Cross-References for Job 40:9
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“After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.”
“and your right hand is exalted.”
“and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him”
“'What are you making?' or your work”
“Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?”
“like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.”
“Yahweh”
“but he would listen to me.”
“the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:”