Job 41:11
9 Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
10 No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
12 I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
13 Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
- KJV
- Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
- WEB
- Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
- ASV
- Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
- DARBY
- Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
- BLB
- Who has brought before Me that I should repay [him]? Under all the heavens it [is] unto Me.
- ÅB
- Hvem gav meg noe først, så jeg skulle gi ham vederlag? Alt under himmelen hører meg til.
- OTB
- Hvem har gitt til Meg så Jeg skulle betale ham tilbake?
Alt som er under hele himmelen er Mitt. - B1930
- Hvem gav mig noget først, så jeg skulde gi ham vederlag? Alt under himmelen hører mig til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 11:35
“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
Read in contextPsalms 24:1
The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:11–14
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
Read in contextJob 35:7
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:14
Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
Read in contextPsalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:26
for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
Read in contextExodus 19:5
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
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