Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 40:2

2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him ? he that reproveth God , let him answer it .

Shall Iob, who presumeth to contend with me in Judgment, and to dispute the reasonableness and equity of my proceedings, give me instructions or Directions how to manage my own Affairs, and govern my Creatures? He justly mentions his Almightiness, as a convincing Argument of his Justice. For how can he be unjust to his Creatures, who hath no obligation to them, and never did nor can receive any thing from them, and who hath an absolute, soveraign, and uncontrollable Dominion over them, and who being infinitely and necessarily perfect, and all sufficient within himself, can neither have any inclination to Unrighteousness, which is an imperfection, nor any temptation to it, from any need he hath of it to accomplish his designs, which he can do by his own Omnipotence, or from any advantage accruing to him by it.

That boldly censureth his ways or works; which thou hast done.

Let him answer my former and further questions at his peril.

Marginal references: Heb. to plead with the [illegible: 1+ letters] mighty, is it to instruct?