Job 9:12
Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
In Context
11Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
13God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:10And the king said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him: Curse David; who then shall say: Wherefore hast thou done so?'
Job 11:10If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?
Job 33:13Why hast thou striven against Him? seeing that He will not answer any of his words.
Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: 'What makest thou?' Or: 'Thy work, it hath no hands'?
Daniel 4:32(4-29) And thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.'
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 →