Job 40:6
New International Version
Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:

New Living Translation
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

English Standard Version
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

King James Bible
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

New King James Version
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind and said,

NASB 1995
Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said,

NASB 1977
Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm, and said,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, saying,

Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

American Standard Version
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Contemporary English Version
Then out of the storm the LORD said to Job:

English Revised Version
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the LORD responded to Job out of a storm,

Good News Translation
Then out of the storm the LORD spoke to Job once again.

International Standard Version
The LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him:

Majority Standard Bible
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

NET Bible
Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

New Heart English Bible
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

World English Bible
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jehovah will answer Job from the whirlwind, and he will say,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said :

Catholic Public Domain Version
But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

New American Bible
Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said:

New Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And LORD JEHOVAH answered and said to Job from the hurricane:
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, saying,

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Context
Job Humbles Himself Before the LORD
5I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.” 6Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: 7“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.…

Cross References
Job 38:1
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Job 42:7
After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

Job 9:3-4
If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. / God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Job 23:13-14
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires. / For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

Job 33:12-13
Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. / Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Isaiah 55:8-9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Jeremiah 18:6
“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

Romans 9:20-21
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

1 Corinthians 2:16
“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:22
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

2 Corinthians 12:7-9
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. / Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. / But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Hebrews 12:5-6
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. / For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”


Treasury of Scripture

Then answered the LORD to Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

out

Job 38:1
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Psalm 50:3,4
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him…

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 darkness, and tempest, …

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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind
Then the LORD
The use of "LORD" in all capital letters signifies the Hebrew name Yahweh, the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature. This name is deeply rooted in the Hebrew tradition, representing God's unchanging faithfulness and His relationship with His people. In the context of Job, it underscores the personal and sovereign nature of God who is directly engaging with Job, highlighting the intimacy and authority of the divine response.

answered Job
The word "answered" indicates a direct response from God to Job's previous speeches and complaints. In the Hebrew context, this is not merely a reply but a profound engagement, where God is addressing the heart of Job's struggles and questions. It signifies that God is not distant or indifferent to human suffering but is actively involved in the dialogue, providing wisdom and perspective that transcends human understanding.

out of the whirlwind
The "whirlwind" is a powerful symbol in the Hebrew Scriptures, often associated with God's presence and divine revelation. It conveys the majesty and might of God, who speaks from a position of overwhelming power and authority. Historically, whirlwinds or storms were seen as manifestations of divine power, and here it serves to remind Job of God's sovereignty over creation. The whirlwind also symbolizes the tumultuous nature of Job's experiences and the divine order that God brings out of chaos. This imagery invites readers to reflect on the awe-inspiring and sometimes mysterious ways God communicates His purposes.

Verses 6-24. - Job's confession not having been sufficiently ample, the Divine discourse is continued through the remainder of this chapter, and through the whole of the next, the object being to break down the last remnants of pride and self-trust in the soul of the patriarch, and to bring him to complete submission and dependence on the Divine will. The argument falls under three heads - Can Job cope with God in his general providence (vers? 6-14)? can he even cope with two of God's creatures - with behemoth or the hippopotamus (vers. 15-24); with leviathan, or the crocodile (Job 41:1-34)? Verse 6. - Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said (comp. Job 38:1). The storm still continued, or, after a lull, had returned.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

answered
וַיַּֽעַן־ (way·ya·‘an-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

Job
אִ֭יּוֹב (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

out of
מִ֥ן ׀ (min)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the whirlwind
סְעָרָ֗ה (sə·‘ā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5591: A hurricane

and said:
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say


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