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Job 9:12

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

KJV

Si repente interroget, quis respondebit ei ? vel quis dicere potest : Cur ita facis ?

Vulgate

ἐὰν ἀπαλλάξῃ, τίς ἀποστρέψει; ἢ τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ Τί ἐποίησας;

LXX

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

ASV

הֵ֣ן יַ֭חְתֹּף מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑/נּוּ מִֽי יֹאמַ֥ר אֵ֝לָ֗י/ו מַֽה תַּעֲשֶֽׂה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
יַ֭חְתֹּף
ychtp
verb · 1×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Dan 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h
  • Dan 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h
  • Eccl 8:4 — Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Isa 14:27 — For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • Isa 43:13 — Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
  • Isa 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
  • Jer 18:6 — O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
  • Job 11:10 — If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
  • Job 11:10 — If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
  • Job 12:14 — Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
  • Job 23:13 — But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
  • Job 23:13 — But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
  • Job 33:13 — Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
  • Job 34:29 — When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
  • Matt 20:15 — Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
  • Rom 9:19 — Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
  • Rom 11:34 — For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?