Bible Strands
Job 40:10
Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Job directly in a rhetorical challenge following a question about possessing divine strength and voice. The moment occurs within a divine monologue demanding human capability to govern creation and execute judgment.
The words — The Hebrew verb עֲדֵה ('a.Deh) literally means "deck yourself" or "adorn," paired with תִּלְבַּשׁ (til.Bash), "you will be clothed." These terms frame the command to put on majesty, splendor, honor, and glory as garments.
The thread — The motif of divine or royal adornment appears in Psalms 93:1 and Psalms 149:4, where God or the afflicted are clothed with majesty or salvation. Isaiah 59:17 similarly depicts God wearing righteousness, salvation, and garments of vengeance.
Why it lands — The text commands an impossible human action to highlight the gap between created strength and divine authority. It demands the reader recognize that such majesty and glory belong solely to God, not to human pride.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Cross-references
- Psalms 93:1 The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
- Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- Exodus 28:2 Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Job 39:19 Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
- Psalms 21:5 Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
- Psalms 45:3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
- Psalms 50:2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
- Psalms 90:16 May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.