1. Job 40:9 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 40:9 (Summary)

Job 40:9 (ESV)

9 Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Job had played the part of a judge over God. But a judge’s power (his arm) should at least be equal to that of the accused!

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