Job 9:12
10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13 God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
14 How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
- KJV
- Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
- WEB
- Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
- ASV
- Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
- DARBY
- Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
- BLB
- Behold, He snatches away, [and] who will turn Him back? Who shall say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
- ÅB
- Han griper sitt rov - hvem vil hindre ham, hvem vil si til ham: Hva gjør du?
- OTB
- Hvis Han tar bort, hvem kan hindre Ham?
Hvem kan spørre Ham: 'Hva gjør Du?' - B1930
- Han griper sitt rov - hvem vil hindre ham, hvem vil si til ham: Hvad gjør du?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 11:10
If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
Read in contextIsaiah 45:9
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
Read in contextJob 23:13
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
Read in contextRomans 11:34
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
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 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 contextMatthew 20:15
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Read in contextJob 33:13
Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
Read in context