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Job 40:10

Job 40:10
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency,.... With excellent majesty, as I am decked and clothed, Psa 93:1;

and array thyself with glory and beauty; appear in the most glorious and splendid…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency - That is, such as God has. Put on everything which you can, which would indicate rank, wealth, power, and see whether it could all be compared with the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Deck thyself now with majesty - Act like God, seeing thou hast been assuming to thyself perfections that belong to him alone.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 40:6-14

Job was greatly humbled for what God had already said, but not sufficiently; he was brought low, but not low enough; and therefore God here proceeds to reason with him in the same manner and to the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

This verse reads literally,

Deck thyself now with excellency and loftiness;

And array thyself with honour and majesty.

The two words in the second clause are so translated, Psa 21:5; Psa 96:6; Psa…