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

9Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be hurled down even at the sight of him? 10No one is so reckless that he dares to stir him; Who then is he who opposes Me? Who has been first to give to Me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the entire heaven is Mine. 12“I will not be silent about his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his graceful frame. 13Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can pierce his double armor?

Job 41:11 word by word

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

• Whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
• beenקָדַםqâdam · to meetH6923
• to Me, that I should repayשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• underתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• the entireכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064

Cross-references for Job 41:11

• Job 22:2“Can a strong man be of use to God, Or a wise one be useful to himself?
• Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand?
• Psalms 21:3For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of pure gold on his head.
• Romans 11:35Or who has first given to Him, that it would be paid back to him?
• Exodus 19:5Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
• Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and on the earth; Yours is the dominion, Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.
• Psalms 24:1The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who live in it.
• Psalms 50:12If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and everything it contains.
• Psalms 115:16The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, But the earth He has given to the sons of mankind.
• 1 Corinthians 10:26for the earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains.

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

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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