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Job 15:25
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz speaks to Job during the second cycle of their debate, describing the inevitable collapse of the arrogant man. The words — נָטָה (na.Tah) means "he has stretched out," and יִתְגַּבָּֽר (yit.ga.Bar) translates to "he behaves proudly" or "vaunts himself." The thread — This theme of human defiance appears in Job 9:4, Psalms 52:7, and Psalms 73:9, where prideful posture is set against divine sovereignty. Why it lands — It requires a reader to assess whether their own actions and words elevate themselves over God rather than submitting to His authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Cross-references
- Job 9:4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
- Psalms 52:7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Psalms 73:9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
- Daniel 5:23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- 1 Samuel 6:6 Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
- Job 36:9 then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
- Psalms 73:11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
- Malachi 3:13 “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
- Exodus 5:2 But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Exodus 9:17 Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.