Teks -- Job 40:10 (NET)

40:10 Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Job 40:10 - Deck

Seeing thou makest thyself equal, yea, superior to me, take to thyself thy great power, come and sit in my throne, and display thy Divine perfections in the sight of the world.

JFB: Job 40:10

See, hast thou power and majesty like God's, to enable thee to judge and govern the world?

Clarke: Job 40:10 - Deck thyself now with majesty

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

TSK: Job 40:10 - Deck // majesty // glory

Deck : Job 39:19; Psa 93:1, Psa 104:1, Psa 104:2; Isa 59:17

majesty : 1Ch 29:11; Psa 21:5, Psa 45:3, Psa 45:4; Mat 6:13; 2Pe 1:16, 2Pe 1:17; Jud 1:24, Jud 1:25

glory : Exo 28:2; Psa 50:2, Psa 90:16, Psa 90:17, Psa 149:4; Isa 4:2 *marg. 1Co 15:54

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Job 40:10

Seeing thou makest thyself equal, yea, superior to me in justice, and consequently in power and majesty, take to thyself thy great power, come and sit in my throne, and display thy divine perfections in the sight of the world. These and the following are ironical expressions, to make Job more sensible of his distance from and subjection to God.

Haydock: Job 40:10 - Behemoth // With thee // Grass

Behemoth; the elephant, (Challoner) "as some think." (Protestants' marginal note) (Haydock) ---

This is the most common opinion, though Sanchez explains it of the bull; and Bochart, after Beza and Diodati, declares in favour of the hippopotamus, (Calmet) or "river horse." Parkhurst even thinks Bochart has proved this "to a demonstration." The sea or river horse, (Haydock) is an amphibious animal, (Calmet) found in the Nile and Indus, and said to have the feet of an ox and the teeth of a boar, but not quite so sharp, while the neighing , back, mane, and tail, resemble those of a horse. Its hide, when dry, is said to resist even a musket-ball. (Button; Dict.) ---

We find a good description of this animal in Watson, p. 91. But the plural Bemoth, female (Haydock) "beasts," seems more applicable to the elephant, on account of its great size, as it is designated by Greek: theria, or Bellua, by the Greek and Roman authors. (Suidas.) (1 Machabees vi. 35.) (Pliny, [Natural History?] viii. 3.) ---

It may have received the name of elephant from (Calmet) alp, "to lead or teach," (Haydock) on account of its great sagacity and strength. All that Job says of behemoth, may be well explained of it. The Fathers have supposed, thta the devil is meant: but we stick to the literal sense. (Calmet) ---

He may, however, (Haydock) have been hinted at by this name, (Worthington) as well as by that of leviathan. (Houbigant) ---

With thee, on the same day, or as well as thee. (Amama) ---

Grass. The elephant does so, and is by no means savage. (Calmet) ---

Septuagint, "Yet, behold, near thee wild beasts, equal to oxen, eat grass." (Haydock) ---

The spontaneous productions of the earth, and branches of trees, afford the principal sustenance to satisfy the prodigious stomach of the elephant; which is frequently twelve feet high, and of a dark colour. A sword can pierce it in the back or sides. It has small eyes, eight teeth, and two tusks; which last are sometimes above a hundred weight each, and being cast every tenth year, (Button) afford ivory. The proboscis serves it instead of hands to collect the smallest grain, or to defend itself. (Haydock) ---

The female goes with young a whole year, and the duration of its life is generally supposed to be above a hundred. Elephants inhabit warm climates, and were formerly much used in war, to carry wooden towers, from which twenty, or even thirty, men might throw darts, 1 Machabees vi. 37. (Button.) ---

If this greatest and most temperate of all beasts be overcome by the unicorn, or led by the nose, how much more will God enable man to overcome the devil? (Worthington)

Gill: Job 40:10 - Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency // and array thyself with glory and beauty

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 manner thou canst, make the best figure thou art able, put on royal robes, and take thy seat and throne, and sit as a king or judge in state and pomp, and exert thyself to do the following things; or take my seat and throne as the judge of the whole earth, and try if thou canst govern the world better than I do; for these and the expressions following are said in an ironic manner.