King James Version
Job 40:14 in the King James Version says “Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.” — study this verse from Job chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.”
Job 40:14 · KJV
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. behemoth: or the Elephant as some think
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“Then will I also confess”
H3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the ha
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“can save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
“unto thee that thine own right hand”
H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
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