Tree of Life Version
Job 9:4
4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and come out whole?
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 King James Version (NKJV)God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
Context of Job 9:4
2“Truly I know it is so, but how can one be righteous before God? 3If anyone wished to contend with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and come out whole? 5“He who moves mountains, yet they do not know it, who overthrows them in His anger; 6who shakes the earth from its place until 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 question of strength— certainly, He is the mighty One! If it is a matter of justice— who will summon me?
- Job 36:5“Indeed, God is mighty, but despises none, He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Psalms 104:24Adonai, how countless are Your works! In wisdom You made them all— the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Psalms 136:5who made the heavens by wisdom, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
- Daniel 2:20and answered, saying: “Blessed be the Name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His.
- Daniel 4:34Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, because all His works are right and His ways just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
- Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how incomprehensible His ways!
- Ephesians 1:8that He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight,
- Ephesians 3:10The purpose is that through Messiah’s community the multi-faceted wisdom of God might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places,
- Jude 1:24Now to the One who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy,
- Job 6:10Then I would still be comforted, even rejoice in spite of unrelenting pain, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
- Job 15:23He wanders about for bread— ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s and can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Exodus 9:14For this time I will send all My plagues to your heart, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 14:17Then I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them, so that I will be glorified over Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots and his horsemen.
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall 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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