Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Have you an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?
New American Standard Bible
And can you
King James Version
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Holman Bible
Can you thunder with a voice like His?
International Standard Version
Do you have strength like God? Can you create thunder with a sound like he can?"
American Standard Version
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Bible in Basic English
Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
Darby Translation
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Julia Smith Translation
And if an arm to thee as God? and with thy voice wilt thou thunder as he?
King James 2000
Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
Modern King James verseion
And have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Is thine arm then like the arm of God? Maketh thy voice such a sound as his doth?
NET Bible
Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
New Heart English Bible
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
The Emphasized Bible
But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,
Webster
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?
World English Bible
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
Youngs Literal Translation
And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Job 40:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
I Am The Lord All-Powerful
8
“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?
“Have you an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?
“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity [since you question the Almighty],
And array yourself with honor and majesty.
Names
Cross References
Job 37:4-5
“After it, His voice roars;
He thunders with the voice of His majesty,
And He does not restrain His lightning [against His adversaries] when His voice is heard.
Psalm 89:13
You have a strong arm;
Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.
Exodus 15:6
“Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
Job 9:4
“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?
Job 23:6
“Would He contend against me with His great power?
No, surely He would give attention to me.
Job 33:12-13
“Look, let me answer you, in this you are not right or just;
For God is greater and far superior to man.
Psalm 29:3
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
The God of glory thunders;
The Lord is over many waters.
Psalm 39:3-9
My heart was hot within me.
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
Psalm 89:10
You have crushed Rahab (Egypt) like one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
Isaiah 45:9
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—
A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!
Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?
1 Corinthians 10:22
Do we [really] provoke the Lord to jealousy [when we eat food sacrificed to handmade “gods” at pagan feasts]? Are we [spiritually] stronger than He? [Certainly not! He knows that the idols are nothing. But we deeply