Job 9:4

Job 9:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
• New International Version (NIV)His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
• English Standard Version (ESV)He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
• New King James Version (NKJV)God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

Context of Job 9:4

2Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God? 3If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace? 5Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger; 6Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;

Job 9:4 word by word

חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · reptileH3581
• hardenedקָשָׁהqâshâh · to hardenH7185

Cross-references for Job 9:4

• Job 9:19Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
• Job 36:5Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not [any]; mighty in strength of understanding:
• Psalms 104:24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
• Psalms 136:5To him that by understanding made the heavens, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;
• Daniel 2:20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; For wisdom and might are his.
• Daniel 4:34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto the heavens, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
• Romans 11:33O depth of riches both of [the] wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways!
• Ephesians 1:8which he has caused to abound towards us in all wisdom and intelligence,
• Ephesians 3:10in order that now to the principalities and authorities in the heavenlies might be made known through the assembly the all-various wisdom of God,
• Jude 1:24But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set [you] with exultation blameless before his glory,
• Job 6:10Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
• Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
• Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• Exodus 9:14For I will at this time send all my plagues to thy heart, and on thy bondmen, and on thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
• Exodus 14:17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh and in all his host, in his chariots and in his horsemen.
• Proverbs 28:14Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.

Commentaries on Job 9:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength - By his infinite knowledge he searches out and sees all things, and by his almighty power he can punish all delinquencies. He that rebels against him must be destroyed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4He is wise in heart - Herder renders this, Even the wise and the powerful, Who hath withstood him and prospered? But the more common interpretation is to refer it to God. The meaning of Job appears to be, that God was a sagacious adversary; that he was able to manage his cause; that he could meet and refute all objections which could be urged; and that it would be in vain to engage in a litigation before him. He so well understood the whole ground of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case. It includes: A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32). The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20). A "mediator" (9:33–34). A question of accusation (9:12). A legal sentence (9:22). A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. wise in heart--in understanding!--and mighty in power! God confounds the ablest arguer by His wisdom, and the mightiest by His power. hardened himself--or his neck (Pr 29:1); that is, defied God. To prosper, one must fall in with God's arrangements of providence and grace.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 9:4

• God
• Heart
• Impenitence
• Power

In the dictionaries

• Chamber
• Contend
• Daysman
• Pillar
• Harden
• Job, Book of
• Wisdom

Commentaries on Job 9

• 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