Job 9:12

Behold, were he to snatch aught away, who could hold him back? who would say unto him, What dost thou?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

In Context

11Lo, were he to go past by me, I should not see him; and were he to pass along, I should not perceive him.

13God will not withdraw his anger: beneath him sink down the helpers of the proud.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruyah? so let him curse; because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

Job 11:10If he pass by, and surrender [one to suffering], and call together an assembly, who can hinder him?

Job 33:13Why dost thou contend against him? for with all his words will he not give an answer.

Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that contendeth with the one who formed him—a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Daniel 4:32(4:29) And from men will they drive thee away, and with the beasts of the field shall thy dwelling be; herbs like oxen will they suffer thee to eat, and seven times shall elapse over thee: until thou wilt know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he pleaseth.

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 →

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