Job 41:11

Job 41:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
• New International Version (NIV)Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

Context of Job 41:11

9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

Job 41:11 word by word

מִ֣י הִ֭קְדִּימַנִי וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם תַּ֖חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם לִי־הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

• Who hath preventedקָדַםqâdam · to meetH6923
• me, that I should repayשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• under the whole heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064

Cross-references for Job 41:11

• Job 22:2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
• Job 35:7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
• Psalms 21:3For thou puttest before him blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
• Romans 11:35Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
• Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
• Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is Yhwh's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, O Yhwh, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Yhwh, and thou art exalted as head above all.
• Psalms 24:1The earth is Yhwh's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
• Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
• Psalms 115:16The heaven, even the heavens, are Yhwh's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
• 1 Corinthians 10:26For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

Commentaries on Job 41:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Who hath prevented me - Who is it that hath laid me under obligation to him? Do I need my creatures? All under the heavens is my property.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Who hath prevented me? - As this verse is here rendered, its meaning, and the reason why it is introduced, are not very apparent. It almost looks, indeed, as if it were an interpolation, or had been introduced from some other place, and torn from its proper connection. Dr. Harris proposes to remove the principal difficulty by translating it, “Who will stand before me, yea, presumptuously? Whatsoever is beneath the whole heaven is mine. I cannot be…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. prevented--done Me a favor first: anticipated Me with service (Psa 21:3). None can call Me to account ("stand before Me," Job 41:10) as unjust, because I have withdrawn favors from him (as in Job's case): for none has laid Me under a prior obligation by conferring on Me something which was not already My own. What can man give to Him who possesses all, including man himself? Man cannot constrain the creature to be his "servant" (Job 41:4), much less…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 41

• 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