Job 41:11

Job 41:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
• New International Version (NIV)Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

Context of Job 41:11

9Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him? 10No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against me? Who confronted me, that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to me. 12I cannot be silent about his limbs, his power, and his graceful proportions. 13Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?

Job 41:11 word by word

מִ֣י הִ֭קְדִּימַנִי וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם תַּ֖חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם לִי־הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who hath preventedקָדַםqâdam · to meetH6923
• me, that I should repayשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• under the whole heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064

Cross-references for Job 41:11

• Job 22:2Can a man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to him?
• Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give him, or what does he receive from your hand?
• Psalms 21:3For you meet him with rich blessings; you place a crown of pure gold on his head.
• Romans 11:35And who has ever given to God, that he should be repaid?
• Exodus 19:5Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,
• Deuteronomy 10:14The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to you. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all.
• Psalms 24:1The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord;
• Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is mine.
• Psalms 115:16The heavens are the Lord’s, but the earth he has given to the human race.
• 1 Corinthians 10:26since the earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it.

Commentaries on Job 41:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Who hath prevented me - Who is it that hath laid me under obligation to him? Do I need my creatures? All under the heavens is my property.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Who hath prevented me? - As this verse is here rendered, its meaning, and the reason why it is introduced, are not very apparent. It almost looks, indeed, as if it were an interpolation, or had been introduced from some other place, and torn from its proper connection. Dr. Harris proposes to remove the principal difficulty by translating it, “Who will stand before me, yea, presumptuously? Whatsoever is beneath the whole heaven is mine. I cannot be…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. prevented--done Me a favor first: anticipated Me with service (Psa 21:3). None can call Me to account ("stand before Me," Job 41:10) as unjust, because I have withdrawn favors from him (as in Job's case): for none has laid Me under a prior obligation by conferring on Me something which was not already My own. What can man give to Him who possesses all, including man himself? Man cannot constrain the creature to be his "servant" (Job 41:4), much less…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:11

• God

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Night-Monster

Commentaries on Job 41

• 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