New King James Version
Job 9:4
4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
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 Living Translation (NLT)For God is so wise and so mighty. Who has ever challenged him successfully?
Context of Job 9:4
2“Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God? 3If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered? 5He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger; 6He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;
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חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:4
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
- Job 36:5“Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Psalms 104:24O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions—
- Psalms 136:5To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, For His mercy endures forever;
- Daniel 2:20Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His.
- Daniel 4:34And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding 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 is 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 His ways past finding out!
- Ephesians 1:8which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
- Ephesians 3:10to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,
- Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
- Job 6:10Then I would still have comfort; Though in anguish I would exult, He will not spare; For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
- Job 15:23He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- Job 40:9Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Exodus 9:14for at this time I will send all My plagues to your very heart, and on your servants and on your people, that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 14:17And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
- Proverbs 28:14Happy is the man who is always reverent, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
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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