Job 40:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 40:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 40:19 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 40:19 — KJV
“He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.”
— Job 40:19 (KJV)
Job 40:19 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 40:19
“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”
Shares key themes with Job 40:19: god, made, can
“Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?”
Shares key themes with Job 40:19: god, made, can
“Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. I make...: Chaldee, a decree is made by me any...: Chaldee, error cut...: Chaldee, made pieces”
Shares key themes with Job 40:19: god, made, can
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. created...: Heb. created to make”
Shares key themes with Job 40:19: god, made, make
“And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:”
Shares key themes with Job 40:19: god, can, make
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