Job 40:1,2

TEXT 40:1-2

40 Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

2 Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty?

He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

COMMENT 40:1, 2

Job 40:1Yahweh calls on Job to respond to His speech. Job confesses that he is reduced to silence.

Job 40:2The participial form rab is the subject and yields something like that which is suggested by PopeWill he who argues with Shaddai yield? Dhorme reads yasur with the meaning of yield. The significance is either Job must sustain his competence to criticize Yahweh by answering all the queries from the first part of the speech of God, or forfeit his right to criticize.

This section of the text suffers from a defective division of the Chapter s which was established in the 13th century, and a confusing variation of verse separation established since the 16th century.