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

9They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated. 10“He sneezes out flashes of light; his eyes are like the eyelids of dawn. Out of his mouth go flames, sparks of fire shoot out. 12Smoke pours from his nostrils, as a boiling pot over burning reeds. 13His breath sets coals ablaze and flames dart from his mouth.

Job 41:11 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• 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 22:2“Can a man be useful to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
• Job 35:7If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
• Psalms 21:3You granted him his heart’s desire, and You did not withhold the request of his lips. Selah
• Romans 11:35Or “who has first given to Him, that it shall be repaid to him?”
• Exodus 19:5Now then, if you listen closely to My voice, and keep My covenant, then you will be My own treasure from among all people, for all the earth is Mine.
• Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, to Adonai your God belong the heavens and the highest of heavens, the earth and all that is in it.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, Adonai, is the greatness, the power and the splendor, and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything in heaven and earth. Yours is the kingdom, Adonai and You are exalted above all.
• Psalms 24:1A psalm of David. The earth is Adonai’s and all that fills it— the world, and those dwelling on it.
• Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you— for the world is Mine and all it contains!
• Psalms 115:16The heavens are the heavens of Adonai, but the earth He gave to the children of men.
• 1 Corinthians 10:26For “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”

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