Job 11:10
If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
In Context
9Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
11For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:30How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up?
Job 9:4God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
Job 12:14Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
Job 38:8“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
Isaiah 14:27For the LORD of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, 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 →