Job 9:12
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Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
In other translations
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Isaiah 45:9Woe 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?Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Job 11:10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
- Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
- Romans 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
- Daniel 4:35And 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 him, What doest thou?All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
- Job 34:29When 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:But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
- Jeremiah 18:6O 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.“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
- Job 33:13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
- Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Matthew 11:26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
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