A magnificent description of the might and majesty of God, transcending anything in the Psalms, and comparable to the grandest passages of Isaiah (see especially Isaiah 40:21-24; Isaiah 43:15-20).
Bible Commentary
Job 9:5-13
The Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:5-13
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain
Recommended reading
More for Job 9:5-13
Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.
Other commentaries
Matthew Henry on Job 9:1-13Job 9:1-13 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryIn this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more than could be counted; and i…Job's Reply to Bildad. (b. c. 1520.)Job 9:1-13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD. (B. C. 1520.) Bildad began with a rebuke to Job for talking so much, Job 8:2. Job makes no answer to that, though it would have been easy enough to retort it upon himself; but in what he next lays…The Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:1-35Job 9:1-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:1-35Job 9:1-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryJob, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to accept the favourable side of Bildad's alternative. Man cannot absolutely justify him…The Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:2-20Job 9:2-20 · The Pulpit CommentaryGod viewed as absolute and arbitrary Power. I. THE HELPLESSNESS OF MAN IN PRESENCE OF HIS OMNIPOTENCE. (Job 9:1-3.) What avails right on one's side against him who has all heaven's artillery at his command? "It is idle…The Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:5Job 9:5 · The Pulpit CommentaryWhich removeth the mountains, and they know not; which overturneth them in his anger. Earthquakes are common in all the countries adjoining Syria and Palestine, and must always have been among the most striking manifest…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Job 9:1-13In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more than could be counted; and i…Matthew HenrycommentaryJob's Reply to Bildad. (b. c. 1520.)JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD. (B. C. 1520.) Bildad began with a rebuke to Job for talking so much, Job 8:2. Job makes no answer to that, though it would have been easy enough to retort it upon himself; but in what he next lays…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:1-35Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to accept the favourable side of Bildad's alternative. Man cannot absolutely justify him…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:1-35EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:2-20God viewed as absolute and arbitrary Power. I. THE HELPLESSNESS OF MAN IN PRESENCE OF HIS OMNIPOTENCE. (Job 9:1-3.) What avails right on one's side against him who has all heaven's artillery at his command? "It is idle…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:5-10Job to Bildad: 2. The majesty of God depicted. I. IN TERRESTRIAL PHENOMENA. 1. Overturning mountains. "Which removeth," i.e.. uprooteth or overtumeth, "the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his ang…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:5Which removeth the mountains, and they know not; which overturneth them in his anger. Earthquakes are common in all the countries adjoining Syria and Palestine, and must always have been among the most striking manifest…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:6Which shaketh the earth out of her place. This is a still more startling figure of speech; but comp. Psalms 46:2; Psalms 68:16; Psalms 114:4, Psalms 114:6. And the pillars thereof tremble. The earth is conceived of, poe…Joseph S. Exell and contributors