Job 15:25

²³ He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

²⁴ Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

²⁶ rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

²⁷ Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
KJV: For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
WEB: Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
ASV: Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
DARBY: For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
BLB: For he stretched out his hand against God, and against Shaddai he sought to prevail,

ÅB: fordi han rakte ut sin hånd mot Gud og våget å trosse den Allmektige,
OTB: fordi han har strukket ut sin hånd mot Gud,
og vist arroganse mot Den Allmektige.
B1930: fordi han rakte ut sin hånd mot Gud og våget å trosse den Allmektige,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 52:7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
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Job 9:4
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
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Daniel 5:23
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
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Psalms 73:9
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
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Malachi 3:13
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
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1 Samuel 6:6
Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?
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Job 36:9
then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
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Psalms 73:11
The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
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