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

9If anyone hopes to catch it, he is deceiving himself. As soon as he sees it, he no longer feels so brave! 10No one is brave enough to wake it. So is anyone brave enough to argue against me? Nobody has ever won against me to make me pay them anything. Everything in the whole world belongs to me. 12I must tell you how strong Leviathan's legs are. Their bodies are very strong and they have a wonderful shape. 13Nobody is able to remove their thick skin. It is like armour that nobody can cut through.

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 22:2‘Nothing that a man can do will help God. Even a wise man cannot help God.
• Job 35:7If you are righteous, that does nothing to help God. He does not receive anything that he needs from you.
• Psalms 21:3You came to him, and you blessed him with many good things: You put a crown on his head. It was made from the best gold.
• Romans 11:35‘Nobody has ever given anything to God, so that God had a debt to pay back to them.’
• Exodus 19:5Now you must be careful to obey me and my covenant with you. Then you will belong to me as my special people. The whole earth belongs to me, and I have chosen you from among all the nations.
• Deuteronomy 10:14The whole sky and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God. The earth and everything that is in it also belong to him.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Lord, you are great, powerful and beautiful! You rule as king over everything in heaven and on earth. Yes, Lord, everything belongs in your kingdom!
• Psalms 24:1The whole earth belongs to the Lord. Everybody who lives in the world and all the things in it belong to him.
• Psalms 50:12Even if I did become hungry, I would not tell you. All the world belongs to me, and everything that is in it.
• Psalms 115:16The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to us people.
• 1 Corinthians 10:26The Bible says this: ‘The earth, and everything in it, belongs to the Lord.’

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
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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