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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 40:10

Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

Ver. 10. Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency] Or, with magnificence and sublimity, &c., i.e. Deum age, show thyself as God; for he thus decks himself, Psalms 93:1; Psalms 96:6; Psalms 104:1,2; Job 29:14 .

And array thyself with glory and beauty] That thou mayest appear, Os humerosque Deo similis; as Herod afterwards in his cloth of silver, which being beaten upon by the sunbeams, saith Josephus, dazzled the people's eyes, and drew from them that fond acclamation, "It is the voice of a god," Acts 12:22 .

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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