Job 40:9
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
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Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, {and} high is thy right hand. {a...: Heb. an arm with might}
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! {Let} the potsherd {strive} with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Behold, {in} this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. {Rahab: or, Egypt} {thy...: Heb. the arm of thy strength}
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
{He is} wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened {himself} against him, and hath prospered?
The voice of the LORD {is} upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD {is} upon many waters. {many: or, great}
Will he plead against me with {his} great power? No; but he would put {strength} in me.
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} spake I with my tongue,
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
And all the inhabitants of the earth {are} reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and {among} the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
With him {is} an arm of flesh; but with us {is} the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. {rested...: Heb. leaned}
If {I speak} of strength, lo, {he is} strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time {to plead}?
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Lo, these {are} parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: {it is} hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard {even} to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified {rather} than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard {it}, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. {gaps: or, breaches} {made...: Heb. hedged the hedge}
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken {it}, and will do {it}.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
And, behold, God himself {is} with us for {our} captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
{He is} wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened {himself} against him, and hath prospered?
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Dominion and fear {are} with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make {the oppressed} to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
None {is so} fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail {stones} and coals of fire.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of {his} anger, and {with} the flame of a devouring fire, {with} scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. {his glorious...: Heb. the glory of his voice}
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Who {are they} among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
When he uttereth {his} voice, {there is} a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. {multitude: or, noise}
The voice of the LORD {is} powerful; the voice of the LORD {is} full of majesty. {powerful: Heb. in power} {full...: Heb. in majesty}
{If} God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. {proud...: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength}