Job 40:4 | TNotes | STEP | 40:4 I am nothing (cp. 42:6 ): Job was not repenting from sin; like Abraham, he recognized his unworthiness (Gen 18:27 ). • Job had asked his comforters to cover their mouth to acknowledge shock (21:5 ); here he does so himself in reaction to his own rash words.

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‏ Job 40:4

40:4 ^a I am nothing (cp. 42:6 ^b): Job was not repenting from sin; like Abraham, he recognized his unworthiness (Gen 18:27 ^c).

• Job had asked his comforters to cover their mouth to acknowledge shock (21:5 ^d); here he does so himself in reaction to his own rash words.