Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Job 40:2

“Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.”

Job 40:2 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Job 40:2, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Job 40. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
  • Isaiah 40:14With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
  • Romans 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
  • Job 33:13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
  • Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no ha…
  • Isaiah 50:8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
  • Romans 9:19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
  • Matthew 20:11And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
  • Job 9:3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
  • Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
  • Ezekiel 18:2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
  • Job 9:17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
  • Job 3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
  • Job 10:3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

More to meet God in Job

Job 1:5Job 33:26Job 42:8Job 42:10Job 40:4Job 37:23Job 33:23Job 1:21Job 1:10Job 33:27Job 1:8Job 24:1Job 2:11Job 8:3

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.