Job 40:1-24

40:1-2 | God again challenged Job to respond: would he dare to bring charges against Him? Job had accused God; now God asked what right he had to do so.

40:3-5 | With great respect, Job confesses his insignificance in the presence of the Lord in his first response. Covering his mouth and refusing to answer signaled that Job clearly regretted his words and would not venture to make yet another mistake. All his complaints against God were empty and futile.

40:6-41:34 | Job had partially capitulated to his friend’s perspective on retributive judgment. In His second speech, Yahweh presents incontrollable arguments that nothing compares to Him, not even Leviathan.

40:6-14 | God again spoke from the whirlwind, daring Job to try running the universe according to the retribution principle. If Job could do it, then he would vindicate himself (your own right hand can save you).

40:15-24 | Many scholars think that behemoth refers to the hippopotamus, though the description “seems to match that of a great dinosaur, such as the tyrannosaurs” according to Dr. Henry Morris. The word is a transliteration of a Hebrew word that means “super-beast.” No person could contend with such a creature. So how could Job pretend to be God’s equal when he could not even control what God had created?