Job 11:10
If God comes and imprisons someone, or assembles the court for judgment, who can stop him?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
In Context
9It extends farther than the earth, and wider than the sea.
11For God knows who are deceivers—when he sees someone sin, he pays attention to it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:30How on earth could one man chase after a thousand, or two make ten thousand run away, unless their Rock of protection had sold them, unless the Lord had surrendered them?
Job 9:4God is so wise and so powerful that no one could challenge him and win.
Job 12:14If he tears something down, nobody can rebuild it. If he imprisons someone, nobody can free them.
Job 38:8Who laid down the boundaries of the sea when it was born?
Isaiah 14:27The Lord Almighty has made his plan, and who will block it? His hand stretches out, and who will push back against it?
Daniel 4:35Everyone who lives on earth is as nothing compared to him. He does whatever he chooses among the heavenly host and among those who live on earth. No one can hold him back from what he does, or ask him, “What are you doing?”
Matthew Henry on Job 11:8-13
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. Zophar here speaks very good… Read the whole commentary →