New King James Version
Job 9:12
12If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
Job 9:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
- New International Version (NIV)If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, 'What are you doing?'
- New Living Translation (NLT)If he snatches someone in death, who can stop him? Who dares to ask, ‘What are you doing?’
Context of Job 9:12
10He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number. 11If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him; If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ 13God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him. 14“How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?
Read all of Job 9Job 9:12 word by word
הֵ֣ן יַ֭חְתֹּף מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ מִֽי־יֹאמַ֥ר אֵ֝לָ֗יו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:12
- Job 23:13“But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
- Job 34:29When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him, Whether it is against a nation or a man alone?—
- Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, “What have You done?”
- Ephesians 1:11In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
- Job 11:10“If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment, Then who can hinder Him?
- Job 33:13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
- Isaiah 45:9“Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Jeremiah 18:6“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!
- Matthew 11:26Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.
- Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
- Romans 9:18Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
- Romans 11:34“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor?”
Commentaries on Job 9:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12He taketh away - He never gives, but he is ever lending: and while the gift is useful or is improved, he permits it to remain; but when it becomes useless or is misused, he recalls it. Who can hinder him? - Literally, Who can cause him to restore it? What doest thou? - He is supreme, and will give account of none of his matters. He is infinitely wise, and cannot mistake. He is infinitely kind, and can do nothing cruel. He is infinitely good, and can do…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Behold, he taketh away - Property, friends, or life. Who can hinder him? - Margin, turn him away. Or, rather, “who shall cause him to restore?” that is, who can bring back what he takes away? He is so mighty, that what he removes, it is impossible for us to recover. Who will say unto him, What doest thou? - A similar expression occurs in Daniel 4:35. The meaning is plain. God has a right to remove any thing which we possess. Our friends, property, health…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. 1212. If "He taketh away," as in my case all that was dear to me, still a mortal cannot call Him to account. He only takes His own. He is an absolute King (Ec 8:4; Da 4:35).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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