John Trapp on Job 40:2
Commentary or Exposition. Browse this work.
Read Job 40. Compare commentaries on this chapter.
Source and publication rights
Text Creation Partnership. Public domain; TCP unrestricted text and encoding. Source edition.
Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.
Job40:2
Verſe 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty inſtruct him?] Or,An diſputare cum Omnipotente eſt eruditio? Is it wiſdom to contend with the Almighty? No, but the greateſt folly and ſottiſhneſſe. Job might think otherwiſe, ſo long as he compared himſelf with others; but being once ſet by God in his ſuperexcellencies conſidered, he ſhall ſee his owne nothingneſſe, and ſit down in ſilence and patience, though ſeverely tryed, and ſharply afflicted.
He that reproveth God, let him anſwer it] Anſwer it if he can, or elſe yeeld the cauſe. Praeſtat herbam dare quàm turpitèr pugnare. But if Job have yet further a mind to queſtion and quarrel God in any his wayes and works, let it be heard what anſwer he can returne to what hath been already ſpoken.
John Trapp, Commentary or Exposition, Job 40:2. Public domain.
Permanent link. Source edition.