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Job 41:11

Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

KJV

De naribus ejus procedit fumus, sicut ollæ succensæ atque ferventis.

Vulgate

ἐκ μυκτήρων αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύεται καπνὸς καμίνου καιομένης πυρὶ ἀνθράκων·

LXX

Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

ASV

מִ֭/פִּי/ו לַפִּידִ֣ים יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ כִּיד֥וֹדֵי אֵ֝֗שׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
ה
h
verb · 95×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
י
y
noun · 496×
כִּיד֥וֹדֵי
kydvdy
noun · 1×
לַפִּ֥יד
lpyd
noun · 14×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Rom 11:35 · allusion
    "Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?"
    Job: who has given to me that I should repay — Paul on God's sovereignty

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exa
  • 1Cor 10:26 — For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
  • 1Cor 10:26 — For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
  • Acts 4:12 — Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
  • Deut 10:14 — Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
  • Exod 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
  • Exod 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
  • Job 22:2 — Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
  • Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
  • Job 35:7 — If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
  • Ps 21:3 — For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
  • Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Ps 50:12 — If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
  • Ps 50:12 — If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
  • Ps 89:11 — The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
  • Rom 11:35 — Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
  • Rom 11:35 — Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?