New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 9:3-13

3If one wished to 1dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.4 2Wise in heart and 3mighty in strength, Who has 4 5defied Him 6without harm?5 7It is God who removes the mountains, and they do not know how, When He overturns them in His anger.6It is He who 8shakes the earth from its place, And its 9pillars tremble;7Who commands the 10sun 11not to shine, And puts a seal on the stars;8Who alone 12stretches out the heavens, And 13 14tramples down the waves of the sea;9Who makes the 15Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the 16 17constellations of the south.10It is He who 18does great things, 19the unfathomable, And wondrous works without number.11If He were to pass by me, 20I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.12If He were to snatch away, who could 21restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘22What are You doing?’

13“God will not turn back His anger; Beneath Him the helpers of 23 24Rahab cower.

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Notes

1. Job 9:3 Job 10:2; 13:19; 23:6; 40:2 ↩
2. Job 9:4 Job 11:6; 12:13; 28:23; 38:36, 37 ↩
3. Job 9:4 Job 9:19; 23:6 ↩
4. Job 9:4 Lit stiffened his neck against ↩
5. Job 9:4 2 Chr 13:12; Prov 29:1 ↩
6. Job 9:4 Lit and remained safe ↩
7. Job 9:5 Job 9:5-10; 26:6-14; 41:11 ↩
8. Job 9:6 Is 2:19, 21; 13:13; Hag 2:6 ↩
9. Job 9:6 Ps 75:3 ↩
10. Job 9:7 Is 13:10; Ezek 32:7, 8 ↩
11. Job 9:7 Lit and it does not shine ↩
12. Job 9:8 Gen 1:1; Job 37:18; Ps 104:2; Is 40:22 ↩
13. Job 9:8 Lit treads upon the heights of ↩
14. Job 9:8 Job 38:16; Ps 77:19 ↩
15. Job 9:9 Job 38:31, 32; Amos 5:8 ↩
16. Job 9:9 Lit chambers ↩
17. Job 9:9 Job 37:9 ↩
18. Job 9:10 Job 5:9 ↩
19. Job 9:10 Lit until there is no searching out ↩
20. Job 9:11 Job 23:8, 9; 35:14 ↩
21. Job 9:12 Job 10:7; 11:10 ↩
22. Job 9:12 Is 45:9 ↩
23. Job 9:13 I.e., a sea monster, not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2 ↩
24. Job 9:13 Job 26:12; Ps 89:10; Is 30:7; 51:9 ↩

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