New American Standard Bible 2020
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
2“In truth I know that this is so; But how can a person be in the right with God? 3If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times. Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm? 5It is God who removes the mountains, and they do not know how, When He overturns them in His anger. 6It is He who shakes the earth from its place, And its pillars tremble;
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חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 9:4
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
- Job 36:5Behold, God is mighty but does not reject anyone; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Psalms 104:24Lord, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.
- Psalms 136:5To Him who made the heavens with skill, For His faithfulness is everlasting;
- Daniel 2:20Daniel said, “May the name of God be blessed forever and ever, For wisdom and power belong to Him.
- Daniel 4:34“But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
- Ephesians 1:8which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight
- Ephesians 3:10so that the multifaceted wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.
- Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy,
- Job 6:10But it is still my comfort, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
- Job 15:23He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
- Job 40:9Or do you have an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Exodus 9:14For this time I am going to send all My plagues on you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 14:17And as for Me, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
- Proverbs 28:14How blessed is the person who fears always, But one who hardens his heart will fall into disaster.
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
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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
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