God’s Word Translation
Job 12:9
9What creature doesn’t know that the Lord’s hands made it?
Job 12:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
- New International Version (NIV)Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this,
Context of Job 12:9
7“Instead, ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds, and they will tell you. 8Or speak with the earth, and it will teach you. Even the fish will relate ⌞the story⌟ to you. What creature doesn’t know that the Lord’s hands made it? 10The life of every living creature and the spirit in every human body are in his hands. 11Doesn’t the ear distinguish sounds and the tongue taste food?
Read all of Job 12Job 12:9 word by word
מִ֭י לֹא־יָדַ֣ע בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֥י יַד־יְ֝הוָה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 12:9
- Job 12:3Like you, I have a mind. I am not inferior to you. But who doesn’t know these things?
- Acts 19:35The city clerk finally quieted the crowd. Then he said, “Citizens of Ephesus, everyone knows that this city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis. Everyone knows that Ephesus is the keeper of the statue that fell down from Zeus.
- Job 22:18Yet, he filled their homes with good things. (The plan of the wicked is foreign to my way of thinking.)
- Deuteronomy 8:17You may say to yourselves, “I became wealthy because of my own ability and strength.”
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord causes poverty and grants wealth. He humbles ⌞people⌟; he also promotes them.
- Jeremiah 27:5‘I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.
- Daniel 9:17“Our God, listen to my prayer and request. For your own sake, Lord, look favorably on your holy place, which is lying in ruins.
- Daniel 5:18“Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your grandfather Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, might, honor, and glory.
- Romans 11:36Everything is from him and by him and for him. Glory belongs to him forever! Amen!
- James 2:5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Didn’t God choose poor people in the world to become rich in faith and to receive the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
Commentaries on Job 12:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Who knoweth not in all these - Who cannot see in all these the proofs of the same divine and sovereign agency? Who cannot see the hand of the same God and the same great principles of administration? The meaning of Job is, that the position which he defends is so plain, that it may be learned from the very earth and the lowest orders of animals which God has made. That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this - In this place the original word is יהוה…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he appeals to any fair judgment…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9the hand of the LORD: This is the only place in the dialogues where the Hebrew name, "Yahweh" (“the LORD”), appears (chapters 3–27; 29–37). For Job, the issue was not who caused his grief but why it happened.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. In all these cases, says Job, the agency must be referred to Jehovah, though they may seem to man to imply imperfection (Job 12:6; 9:24). This is the only undisputed passage of the poetical part in which the name "Jehovah" occurs; in the historical parts it occurs frequently.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 12
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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