Job 40

Treated in 12 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 40:4 I am so small; how can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth. 6
  • 40:9 Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like his? 3
  • 40:23 Even when the river surges, it is not alarmed; it stays calm though the Jordan rushes against its mouth. 2
  • 40:2 Will the one who finds fault contend with the Almighty? Let the one who argues against God give an answer. 1

Open Word Bible

Where it is preached

  1. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Complaining cites Job. xl. 2

    …you wish to lead to Christ will say something to the effect that God is unjust and cruel, Job. xl. 2, and Romans ix. 20, are very pointed passages to use with inquirers of this class and…

  2. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Prayer cites Job xl. 4

    …he said, "I am dust and ashes." When Job spoke, he said, "I am vile." (Gen. xviii. 27; Job xl. 4.) Let us do likewise. (b) I commend to you, in the next place, the importance of praying…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Job 40: 23

    …man is like behemoth. ‘Behold he drinketh up a river,’ and yet his thirst is not allayed. Job 40: 23. The covetous miser hoards up corn; and if he hears the price of corn begins to fall, he…

  4. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    June cites Job 40:4

    …shut out the foolish forever. Lord, shut me in by thy grace. June 6 “Behold, I am vile.” (Job 40:4) One cheering word, poor lost sinner, for thee! You think you must not come to God…

  5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Job 40: 23

    …Prov 30: 15. Or like behemoth, ‘He trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.’ Job 40: 23. The other word is Philarguria, which signifies an ‘inordinate love of the world.’ The…

  6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.3 The Wrath of God cites Job 40: 9

    …contend with the fire? Shall finite contend with infinite? ‘Hast thou an arm like God?’ Job 40: 9. [2] God’s wrath is terrible. The Spanish proverb is, The lion is not so fierce as he is…

  7. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Our Public Prayer cites Job xl. 4

    …to us sinners.' This is no fewer than four texts joined, each beautiful by itself. First, Job xl. 4, 'Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.' Second…

  8. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Growth cites Job xl. 4

    …with Isaiah, “I am a man of unclean lips,”—and with Peter, “I am a sinful man, O Lord.” Job xl. 4; Gen. xviii. 27; xxxii. 10; Ps. xxii. 6; Isa. vi. 5; Luke v. 8.) The nearer he draws to…

  9. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites Job 40:9

    …who go on in sin! Shall we engage the great God against us? God strikes slow but heavy. Job 40:9. ‘Hast thou an arm like God?’ Canst thou strike such a blow? God is the best friend, but…

  10. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Power of God cites Job 40:9

    …almighty; he will be too hard for them that oppose him. ‘Hast thou an arm like God?’ Job 40:9. Such as will not bow to his golden sceptre shall be broken with his iron rod. Julian…

  11. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Forgiveness cites Job xl. 4

    …that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (Gen. xviii. 27; Job xl. 4; Isaiah lxiv. 6; 1 John i. 8.) Where is the man or woman in the whole catalogue of the…

  12. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Repentance cites Job. xl. 4

    …shall see Paul there, who said, “I am the chief of sinners.” (Gen. xviii. 27; xxxii. 10; Job. xl. 4; Psalm li. 5; Isa. vi. 5; 1 Tim. i. 15.) I shall see the martyr John Bradford there, who…