Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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Gill's Exposition
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?.... Is he capable of it? He ought to be that takes upon him to dispute with God, to object or reply to him; that brings a charge against him,…
Barnes' Notes
Shall he that contendeth with the A mighty instruct him? - Gesenius renders this, “Contending shall the reprover of God contend with the Almighty?” Prof. Lee, “Shall one by contending with the…
Adam Clarke
He that reproveth God, let him answer it - Let the man who has made so free with God and his government, answer to what he has now heard.
Here is, I. A humbling challenge which God gave to Job. After he had heaped up many hard questions upon him, to show him, by his manifest ignorance in the works of nature, what an incompetent judge he…
Cambridge Bible
The verse means,
Will the reprover contend with the Almighty?
He that disputeth with God let him answer it.
The "reprover" or blamer is of course Job; and so is "he that disputeth," or, "he that…
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