Parallel Verses New International Version Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you. King James Bible Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. Darby Bible Translation Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee. World English Bible Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you. Young's Literal Translation And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee. Job 40:14 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThine own right hand can save thee - It is the prerogative of God alone to save the human soul. Nothing less than unlimited power, exerted under the direction and impulse of unbounded mercy, can save a sinner. This is most clearly asserted in this speech of Jehovah: When thou canst extend an arm like God, i.e., an uncontrollable power - when thou canst arm thyself with the lightning of heaven, and thunder with a voice like God - when thou canst deck thyself with the ineffable glory, beauty, and splendor of the supreme majesty of Jehovah - when thou canst dispense thy judgments over all the earth, to abase the proud, and tread down the wicked - when thou canst as having the keys of hell and death, blend the high and the low in the dust together; then I will acknowledge to thee that thy own right hand can save thee. In other words: Salvation belongeth unto the Lord; no man can save his own soul by works of righteousness which he has done, is doing, or can possibly do, to all eternity. Without Jesus every human spirit must have perished everlastingly. Glory be to God for his unspeakable gift! Treasury of Scripture Knowledge that Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength. Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Ephesians 2:4-9 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us... Library Indwelling SinIt is a doctrine, as I believe, taught us in Holy Writ, that when a man is saved by divine grace, he is not wholly cleansed from the corruption of his heart. When we believe in Jesus Christ all our sins are pardoned; yet the power of sin, albeit that it is weakened and kept under by the dominion of the new-born nature which God doth infuse into our souls, doth not cease, but still tarrieth in us, and will do so to our dying day. It is a doctrine held by all the orthodox, that there dwelleth still … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856 Whether Hope is in the Damned? On the Interior Man The Tenth Commandment Cross References Job 40:13 Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave. Job 40:15 "Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. Jump to Previous Able Acknowledge Admit Confess Hand Praise Right Salvation Save Saveth VictoryJump to Next Able Acknowledge Admit Confess Hand Praise Right Salvation Save Saveth VictoryLinks Job 40:14 NIVJob 40:14 NLT Job 40:14 ESV Job 40:14 NASB Job 40:14 KJV Job 40:14 Bible Apps Job 40:14 Biblia Paralela Job 40:14 Chinese Bible Job 40:14 French Bible Job 40:14 German Bible Job 40:14 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |