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Job: How Can I Contend with God?

Job 9:4

In 11 translations

BSB
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
KJV
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
WEB
God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
ASV
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—
LSV
Wise in heart and strong in power—Who has hardened toward Him and is at peace?
YLT
Wise in heart and strong in power — Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?
DBY
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
DRC
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?
GNV
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?
JPS
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
LXXE
For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?

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Original-language editions

WLC
חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Σοφὸς γάρ ἐστι διανοίᾳ, κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας· τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 36:5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
  • Ephesians 3:20Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
  • Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  • Ephesians 3:10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
  • Exodus 14:17–18And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I…
  • Jude 1:24–25Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy— to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our…
  • Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
  • Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
  • Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
  • Daniel 2:20and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
  • Exodus 9:14–17Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you…
  • Daniel 4:34–37But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an…
  • Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
  • Job 6:10It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
  • Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
  • Job 15:23–27He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack. For he has stretched out his hand against God and has…

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