Job 11:10

Job 11:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
• New International Version (NIV)“If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
• English Standard Version (ESV)If he passes through and imprisons and summons the court, who can turn him back?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment, Then who can hinder Him?

Context of Job 11:10

8It is higher than the heavens – what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol – what can you know? 9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him? 11For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it? 12But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being.

Job 11:10 word by word

אִם־יַחֲלֹ֥ף וְיַסְגִּ֑יר וְ֝יַקְהִ֗יל וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If he cut offחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
• and shut upסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• or gather togetherקָהַלqâhal · to gatherH6950
• then who can hinderשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725

Cross-references for Job 11:10

• Job 5:18For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.
• Job 9:4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength – who has resisted him and remained safe?
• Job 12:14If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
• Job 34:29But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,
• Isaiah 41:27I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
• Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
• Job 38:8“Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb,
• Deuteronomy 32:30How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the Lord had handed them over?
• Psalms 31:8You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
• Revelation 3:7“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open:

Commentaries on Job 11:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10If he cut off - As he is unlimited and almighty, he cannot be controlled. He will do whatsoever he pleases; and he is pleased with nothing but what is right. Who then will dare to find fault? Perhaps Zophar may refer to Job's former state, his losses and afflictions. If he cut off, as he has done, thy children; if he shut up, as he has done, thyself by this sore disease; or gather together hostile bands to invade thy territories and carry away thy…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10If he cut off - Margin, “Make a change.” But neither of these phrases properly expresses the sense of the original. The whole image here is probably that of arresting a criminal and bringing him to trial, and the language is taken from the mode of conducting a prosecution. The word rendered “cut off” - יחלף yachâlop from חלף châlaph - means properly to pass along; to pass on; then to pass against anyone, to rush on, to assail; and in a remote sense in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be humbled. God sees this concerning vain man, that he would be wise, would be thought so, though he is born like a wild ass's colt, so unteachable and untameable. Man is a vain creature; empty, so the word is. Yet he is a proud creature, and self-conceited. He would be wise, would be thought so, though he…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. cut off--Rather, as in Job 9:11, "pass over," as a storm; namely, rush upon in anger. shut up--in prison, with a view to trial. gather together--the parties for judgment: hold a judicial assembly; to pass sentence on the prisoners.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 11:10

• Afflictions and Adversities

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Commentaries on Job 11

• 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