Job 11:10

Job 11:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
• New International Version (NIV)“If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
• English Standard Version (ESV)If he passes through and imprisons and summons the court, who can turn him back?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment, Then who can hinder Him?

Context of Job 11:10

8His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven. What can you do? It is deeper than Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead). What can you know? 9It is longer in measure [and scope] than the earth, And broader than the sea. If God passes by or arrests, Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him? [If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?] 11For He recognizes and knows false and worthless men, And He sees wickedness, will He not consider it? 12But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise [Only] when the colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.

Job 11:10 word by word

אִם־יַחֲלֹ֥ף וְיַסְגִּ֑יר וְ֝יַקְהִ֗יל וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If he cut offחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
• and shut upסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• or gather togetherקָהַלqâhal · to gatherH6950
• then who can hinderשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725

Cross-references for Job 11:10

• Job 5:18For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief; He wounds, but His hands also heal.
• Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?
• Job 12:14Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
• Job 34:29When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him], Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—
• Isaiah 41:27“I was first to say to Zion, ‘Listen carefully, here they are [the Jews who will be restored to their own land].’ And to Jerusalem, ‘I will provide a messenger (Isaiah) to bring the good news [that Cyrus will be stirred up and put into action to save them].’
• Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. But He does according to His will in the host of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth; And no one can hold back His hand Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’
• Job 38:8“Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
• Deuteronomy 32:30How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had given them up?
• Psalms 31:8And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place.
• Revelation 3:7“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He who has the key [to the house] of David, He who opens and no one will [be able to] shut, and He who shuts and no one opens:

Commentaries on Job 11:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10If he cut off - As he is unlimited and almighty, he cannot be controlled. He will do whatsoever he pleases; and he is pleased with nothing but what is right. Who then will dare to find fault? Perhaps Zophar may refer to Job's former state, his losses and afflictions. If he cut off, as he has done, thy children; if he shut up, as he has done, thyself by this sore disease; or gather together hostile bands to invade thy territories and carry away thy…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10If he cut off - Margin, “Make a change.” But neither of these phrases properly expresses the sense of the original. The whole image here is probably that of arresting a criminal and bringing him to trial, and the language is taken from the mode of conducting a prosecution. The word rendered “cut off” - יחלף yachâlop from חלף châlaph - means properly to pass along; to pass on; then to pass against anyone, to rush on, to assail; and in a remote sense in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be humbled. God sees this concerning vain man, that he would be wise, would be thought so, though he is born like a wild ass's colt, so unteachable and untameable. Man is a vain creature; empty, so the word is. Yet he is a proud creature, and self-conceited. He would be wise, would be thought so, though he…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. cut off--Rather, as in Job 9:11, "pass over," as a storm; namely, rush upon in anger. shut up--in prison, with a view to trial. gather together--the parties for judgment: hold a judicial assembly; to pass sentence on the prisoners.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 11:10

• Afflictions and Adversities

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Commentaries on Job 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings