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Job 40:9-11
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9 Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s,[a]
and can you thunder with a voice like his?
10 Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency,
and clothe yourself with glory and honor.
11 Scatter abroad[b] the abundance[c] of your anger.
Look at every proud man[d] and bring him low;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:9 tn Heb “do you have an arm like God?” The words “as powerful as” have been supplied in the translation to clarify the metaphor.
  2. Job 40:11 tn The verb was used for scattering lightning (Job 37:11). God is challenging Job to unleash his power and judge wickedness in the world.
  3. Job 40:11 tn Heb “the overflowings.”
  4. Job 40:11 tn The word was just used in the positive sense of excellence or majesty; now the exalted nature of the person refers to self-exaltation, or pride.
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