Job 40 cross-references
Job 40 has 24 verses, which point to 187 other passages and are cited by 214. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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Words characteristic of Job 40 in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.
- עָנָה anah “to answer” 5
- נָא na “please” 4
- כְּמוֹ kemo “like” 2
- אֵל el “God” 2
- אַף aph “face” 2
- הֵן hen “look!” 2
- תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 2
- פֶּה peh “lip” 2
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 2
- עִם im “with” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 2
People in Job 40
- Job 3
Places in Job 40
- Jordan 1
Job 40:1
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Points to (2)
- Job 38:1 — Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 4 votes
- Job 40:6 — Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 3 votes
Pointed to from (3)
Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Points to (27)
- 1 Corinthians 2:16 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 11 votes
- Isaiah 40:14 — With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him… 10 votes
- Romans 11:34–36 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 8 votes
- Job 33:13 — Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. 7 votes
- Isaiah 50:8 — He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let… 6 votes
- Isaiah 45:9–11 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the… 6 votes
Pointed to from (15)
- 1 Corinthians 2:16 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. 7 votes
- Daniel 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army… 7 votes
- Job 33:13 — Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. 7 votes
- Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. 7 votes
Job 40:3
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Pointed to from (3)
Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Points to (30)
- Proverbs 30:32 — If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy… 11 votes
- Job 29:9 — The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 8 votes
- Job 21:5 — Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 7 votes
- Job 42:6 — Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 6 votes
- Ezra 9:6 — And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are… 5 votes
- Judges 18:19 — And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father… 5 votes
Pointed to from (35)
- Luke 5:8 — When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 6 votes
- Job 21:5 — Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 votes
- 1 Corinthians 4:4 — For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. 5 votes
- Matthew 15:27 — And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 5 votes
Job 40:5
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Points to (8)
- Psalms 62:11 — God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. 5 votes
- Job 33:14 — For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 5 votes
- Job 9:15 — Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 4 votes
- Job 9:3 — If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 votes
- Romans 3:19 — Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth… 3 votes
- Jeremiah 31:18–19 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock… 3 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Psalms 62:11 — God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. 14 votes
- Job 33:14 — For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 3 votes
- Romans 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why… 2 votes
- Job 6:26 — Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 2 votes
Job 40:6
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Points to (4)
- Job 38:1 — Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 6 votes
- 2 Peter 3:10–12 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a… 2 votes
- Hebrews 12:18–20 — For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and… 2 votes
- Psalms 50:3–4 — Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very… 2 votes
Pointed to from (2)
Job 40:7
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Points to (4)
- Job 38:3 — Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 9 votes
- Job 42:4 — Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 7 votes
- Job 23:3–4 — Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 3 votes
- Job 13:22 — Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. 2 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- 1 Peter 1:13 — Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought… 10 votes
- Job 42:4 — Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 7 votes
- Job 38:3 — Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 7 votes
- Isaiah 43:26 — Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. 5 votes
Job 40:8
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Points to (12)
- Romans 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in… 6 votes
- Isaiah 28:18 — And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the… 4 votes
- Job 32:2 — Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was… 4 votes
- Isaiah 14:27 — For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall… 3 votes
- Psalms 51:4 — Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when… 3 votes
- Job 34:5–6 — For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. 3 votes
Pointed to from (31)
- Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. 10 votes
- Isaiah 14:27 — For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall… 9 votes
- Romans 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in… 6 votes
- Isaiah 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the… 5 votes
Job 40:9
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Points to (11)
- Psalms 89:13 — Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 3 votes
- Job 37:4–5 — After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his… 3 votes
- 1 Corinthians 10:22 — Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? 2 votes
- Isaiah 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the… 2 votes
- Psalms 89:10 — Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. 2 votes
- Psalms 39:3–9 — My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 2 votes
Pointed to from (38)
- Isaiah 40:18 — To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 12 votes
- Acts 5:39 — But if it be of God, ye can not overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. 8 votes
- Daniel 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army… 6 votes
- Job 26:14 — Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who… 5 votes
Job 40:10
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Points to (16)
- Psalms 93:1 — The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded… 5 votes
- Psalms 149:4 — For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. 4 votes
- Isaiah 59:17 — For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the… 3 votes
- Jude 1:24–25 — Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his… 2 votes
- 2 Peter 1:16–17 — For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our… 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 15:54 — So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then… 2 votes
Pointed to from (13)
- Proverbs 31:25 — Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. 22 votes
- Psalms 93:1 — The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded… 7 votes
- Exodus 28:2 — And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. 6 votes
- Luke 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 4 votes
Job 40:11
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Points to (23)
- Daniel 4:37 — Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways… 5 votes
- Isaiah 2:17 — And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD… 4 votes
- Isaiah 2:11–12 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone… 4 votes
- Nahum 1:6 — Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured… 3 votes
- 1 Peter 5:5–6 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be… 2 votes
- James 4:6 — But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 2 votes
Pointed to from (27)
- 2 Corinthians 10:5 — Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and… 13 votes
- Isaiah 23:9 — The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the… 6 votes
- Isaiah 40:4 — Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made… 5 votes
- Isaiah 26:5 — For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the… 5 votes
Job 40:12
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Points to (12)
- Isaiah 63:3 — I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine… 4 votes
- Malachi 4:3 — And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I… 3 votes
- Acts 1:25 — That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might… 2 votes
- Zechariah 10:5 — And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and… 2 votes
- Isaiah 13:11 — And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy… 2 votes
- Isaiah 10:6 — I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge,… 2 votes
Pointed to from (11)
- Proverbs 29:23 — A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. 56 votes
- Malachi 4:3 — And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I… 9 votes
- Proverbs 16:5 — Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be… 7 votes
- Romans 16:20 — And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with… 4 votes
Job 40:13
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
Points to (6)
- Isaiah 2:10 — Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. 5 votes
- Psalms 49:14 — Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over… 3 votes
- Job 36:13 — But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. 3 votes
- Job 14:13 — O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that… 3 votes
- Esther 7:8 — Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen… 3 votes
- John 11:44 — And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a… 2 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Psalms 63:9 — But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 3 votes
- Job 4:9 — By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 3 votes
Job 40:14
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Points to (5)
- Ephesians 2:4–9 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 2 votes
- Romans 5:6 — For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 2 votes
- Isaiah 40:29 — He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 2 votes
- Psalms 44:6 — For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 2 votes
- Psalms 44:3 — For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy… 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- 2 Corinthians 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which… 9 votes
Job 40:15
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Points to (4)
- Psalms 104:14 — He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food… 2 votes
- Job 40:20 — Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 2 votes
- Genesis 1:24–26 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and… 2 votes
- Job 39:8 — The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. 1 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- Genesis 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the… 7 votes
- Genesis 1:22 — And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl… 6 votes
- Genesis 1:24 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and… 5 votes
- Job 40:20 — Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 2 votes
Job 40:16
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
Pointed to from (1)
- Job 41:22 — In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. 2 votes
Job 40:17
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Points to (1)
- Job 41:23 — The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Job 10:11 — Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 2 votes
Job 40:18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
Points to (2)
- Isaiah 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; 2 votes
- Job 7:12 — Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 2 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Revelation 9:9 — And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of… 2 votes
- Job 6:12 — Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 2 votes
Job 40:19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Points to (5)
- Job 41:33 — Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 3 votes
- Isaiah 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent,… 2 votes
- Psalms 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. 2 votes
- Psalms 7:12 — If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 2 votes
- Job 26:13 — By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. 2 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Isaiah 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent,… 5 votes
- Job 41:33 — Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 4 votes
Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
Points to (4)
- Psalms 104:26 — There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. 4 votes
- Psalms 104:14 — He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food… 4 votes
- Psalms 147:8–9 — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the… 2 votes
- Job 40:15 — Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 2 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- Genesis 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the… 7 votes
- Job 40:15 — Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. 2 votes
- Job 39:8 — The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. 2 votes
- Genesis 6:21 — And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food… 2 votes
Job 40:21
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Points to (2)
- Isaiah 35:7 — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of… 2 votes
- Isaiah 19:6–7 — And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds… 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Psalms 68:30 — Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one… 2 votes
Job 40:22
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Points to (3)
- Ezekiel 17:5 — He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and… 2 votes
- Isaiah 15:7 — Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the… 2 votes
- Leviticus 23:40 — And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of… 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Isaiah 44:4 — And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 2 votes
Job 40:23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Points to (5)
- Genesis 13:10 — And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before… 3 votes
- Isaiah 37:25 — I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged… 2 votes
- Isaiah 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious… 2 votes
- Psalms 55:8 — I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. 2 votes
- Joshua 3:15 — And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were… 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Ezekiel 47:18 — And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of… 2 votes
Job 40:24
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Points to (1)
- Job 41:1–2 — Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 votes