Job 9:4
He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
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5It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath:
Cross References
Exodus 9:14For this time I will send all my punishments on yourself and on your servants and on your people; so that you may see that there is no other like me in all the earth.
Exodus 14:17And I will make the heart of the Egyptians hard, and they will go in after them: and I will be honoured over Pharaoh and over his army, his war-carriages, and his horsemen.
2 Chronicles 13:12And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.
Job 6:10So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.
Job 11:6And would make clear to you the secrets of wisdom, and the wonders of his purpose!
Job 15:13So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?
Matthew Henry on Job 9:2-14
Job's Reply to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth… Read the whole commentary →