Job 9:12 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He takes something away, but who can stop him? Who is going to ask him, 'What are you doing?'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

Behold, he seizeth the prey , who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

BBE:

If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

DBY:

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

ERV:

Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

JPS:

Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'

WBS:

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

WEB:

Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him,'What are you doing?'

YLT:

Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, 'What dost Thou?'

Job 9:12 Cross References

XREF:

Job 10:7 'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.

Job 11:10 "If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?

Isaiah 45:9 "Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say, 'He has no hands '? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? {f} who will say unto him, What doest thou?
(f) He shows that when God executes his power, he does it justly, as no one can control him.

WES:

9:12 Taketh - If he determines to take away from any man his children or servants, or estate, who is able to restrain him from doing it? Or who dare presume to reprove him for it? And therefore far be it from me to quarrel with God, whereof you untruly accuse me.

MHC:

9:1-13 In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more than could be counted; and if God should contend with him in judgment, he could not justify one out of a thousand, of all the thoughts, words, and actions of his life; therefore he deserved worse than all his present sufferings. When Job mentions the wisdom and power of God, he forgets his complaints. We are unfit to judge of God's proceedings, because we know not what he does, or what he designs. God acts with power which no creature can resist. Those who think they have strength enough to help others, will not be able to help themselves against it.

CONC:

Behold Bringeth Doest Hinder Prey Puts Restrain Seizeth Snatch Snatches Snatcheth Stop Taketh

Hand Hinder Prey Puts Restrain Seizeth Snatch Snatches Snatcheth Stop Turned What

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