Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him? New Living Translation If God comes and puts a person in prison or calls the court to order, who can stop him? English Standard Version If he passes through and imprisons and summons the court, who can turn him back? Berean Standard Bible If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him? King James Bible If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? New King James Version “If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment, Then who can hinder Him? New American Standard Bible “If He passes by or apprehends people, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him? NASB 1995 “If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him? NASB 1977 “If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him? Legacy Standard Bible If He sweeps by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can turn Him around? Amplified Bible “If God passes by or arrests, Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him? [If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?] Christian Standard Bible If he passes by and throws someone in prison or convenes a court, who can stop him? Holman Christian Standard Bible If He passes by and throws someone in prison or convenes a court, who can stop Him? American Standard Version If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him? Contemporary English Version If God puts you in prison or drags you to court, what can you do? English Revised Version If he pass through, and shut up, and call unto judgment, then who can hinder him? GOD'S WORD® Translation If God comes along and imprisons [someone] and then calls a court into session, who can stop him? Good News Translation If God arrests you and brings you to trial, who is there to stop him? International Standard Version "If he bypasses, or imprisons, or convenes a court, who can stop him? Majority Standard Bible If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him? NET Bible If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him? New Heart English Bible If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him? Webster's Bible Translation If he shall cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? World English Bible If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIf He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, "" Who then reverses it? Young's Literal Translation If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it? Smith's Literal Translation If he shall pass on, and shut up, and gather together, who shall turn him back. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him? Catholic Public Domain Version If he overturns all things, or packs them together, who will contradict him? New American Bible If he should seize and imprison or call to judgment, who then could turn him back? New Revised Standard Version If he passes through, and imprisons, and assembles for judgment, who can hinder him? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf he should pass by, and besiege, or should cause men to die, who could hinder him? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If he will pass by, he shall seize and he shall gather; who turns him? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If He pass by, and shut up, Or gather in, then who can hinder Him? Brenton Septuagint Translation And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Zophar Rebukes Job…9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. 10If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him? 11Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?… Cross References Isaiah 45:9 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’? Romans 9:20-21 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? Daniel 4:35 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?’” Isaiah 29:16 You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”? Jeremiah 18:6 “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. Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Romans 11:34-36 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” / “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?” / For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen. Psalm 115:3 Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases. Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD. Ecclesiastes 8:4 For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?” Isaiah 40:13-14 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? / Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding? 1 Corinthians 2:16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ. Ephesians 1:11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will, Psalm 135:6 The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths. Lamentations 3:37-38 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? / Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High? Treasury of Scripture If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? If he cut off. Job 5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. Job 9:4,12,13 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? … Job 12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. shut up Job 38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? Deuteronomy 32:30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? Psalm 31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. hinder him. Jump to Previous Assemble Assembly Calls Confines Court Cut Death Gather Goes Hinder Imprisons Judgment Oppose Passes Prison Purpose Putting Restrain Reverse Shut Shuts Shutting Together WayJump to Next Assemble Assembly Calls Confines Court Cut Death Gather Goes Hinder Imprisons Judgment Oppose Passes Prison Purpose Putting Restrain Reverse Shut Shuts Shutting Together WayJob 11 1. Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself5. God's wisdom is unsearchable 13. The assured blessing of repentance If He comes along The phrase suggests the sovereignty and omnipresence of God. In the Hebrew context, the word used here implies an unexpected or sudden action. This reflects the belief that God is not bound by human schedules or expectations. His presence is constant, and His actions are beyond human prediction. This serves as a reminder of the divine authority and the need for humility before God. to imprison you or convenes a court who can hinder Him? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not He comes along יַחֲלֹ֥ף (ya·ḥă·lōp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2498: To slide by, to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce, change to imprison you, וְיַסְגִּ֑יר (wə·yas·gîr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender or convenes a court, וְ֝יַקְהִ֗יל (wə·yaq·hîl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6950: To gather as an assembly or congregation who וּמִ֣י (ū·mî) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix can hinder Him? יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ (yə·šî·ḇen·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again Links Job 11:10 NIVJob 11:10 NLT Job 11:10 ESV Job 11:10 NASB Job 11:10 KJV Job 11:10 BibleApps.com Job 11:10 Biblia Paralela Job 11:10 Chinese Bible Job 11:10 French Bible Job 11:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 11:10 If he passes by or confines (Jb) |
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