Job 11:10
8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
- KJV
- If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
- WEB
- If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
- ASV
- If he pass through, and shut up, And all unto judgment, then who can hinder him?
- DARBY
- If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?
- BLB
- If He passes by and imprisons and assembles, then who can turn Him back?
- ÅB
- Om han farer fram og setter i fengsel og sammenkaller retten, hvem vil da hindre ham?
- OTB
- Hvis Han går forbi og fengsler eller kaller til dom,
hvem kan motsette seg Ham? - B1930
- Om han farer frem og setter i fengsel og sammenkaller retten, hvem vil da hindre ham?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 9:12–13
If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
Read in contextJob 12:14
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
Read in contextRevelation 3:7
To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
Read in contextIsaiah 41:27
I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
Read in contextDaniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Read in contextJob 34:29
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
Read in contextPsalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
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