New International Version
Job 9:4
4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
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?
- 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?
- New Living Translation (NLT)For God is so wise and so mighty. Who has ever challenged him successfully?
Context of Job 9:4
2“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God? 3Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand. His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed? 5He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger. 6He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
Read all of Job 9Job 9:4 word by word
חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 9:4
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him?
- Job 36:5“God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
- Psalms 104:24How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
- Psalms 136:5who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.
- Daniel 2:20and said: “Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his.
- Daniel 4:34At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
- Ephesians 1:8that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,
- Ephesians 3:10His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
- Jude 1:24To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
- Job 6:10Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
- Job 15:23He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
- Exodus 9:14or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
- Exodus 14:17I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.
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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