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Job 9:12
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If he snatches something, who can stop him?Who can ask him, “What are you doing?”
Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?'
If he snatches something away, no one can stop him or say to him, ‘What are you doing?'
If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him, ‘What are you doing?'
"Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back? Who will say to Him, 'What are You doing?'
"If He were to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, 'What are You doing?'
Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
Were He to snatch away, who could turn Him back?Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?'
If He snatches away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, 'What are You doing?'
And if he grabs something, who can stop him or raise a question?
If he kills [people], who will ask why? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?'
Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
If he takes something away, no one can stop him. No one can say to him, ‘What are you doing?'
Behold, if he will destroy, who can resist him? Who can say to him, What doest thou?
He takes what he wants, and no one can stop him; no one dares ask him, "What are you doing?"
If he would snatch away, who could turn him? Who could say to him, ‘What are you doing?'
Behold, He takes away; who can turn Him back? Who will say to Him, What are You doing?
Yf he be haisty to take eny thinge awaye, who wil make him restore it agayne? Who wil saye vnto him: what doest thou?
Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say vnto him, What doest thou?
If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou?
If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What hast thou done?
Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
If he axith sodeynli, who schal answere to hym? ethir who may seie to hym, Whi doist thou so?
Look, he seizes [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What are you doing?
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What doest thou?
If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, "What are You doing?'
If he snatches someone in death, who can stop him? Who dares to ask, ‘What are you doing?'
If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?'
He snatches away; who can stop him? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?'
Lo! he snatcheth away, who can bring it back? Who shall say unto him, What wouldst thou do?
If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so?
Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, 'What doest thou'?
Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, `What dost Thou?'
"Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, 'What are You doing?'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he taketh: Job 23:13, Job 34:29, Daniel 4:35, Ephesians 1:11
hinder him: Heb. turn him away, Job 11:10
What: Job 33:13, Isaiah 45:9, Jeremiah 18:6, Matthew 11:26, Matthew 20:15, Romans 9:18-20, Romans 11:34
Reciprocal: Judges 20:25 - destroyed 2 Samuel 16:10 - Who shall Job 10:15 - righteous Job 12:14 - he breaketh Job 34:33 - Should Ecclesiastes 7:13 - who Isaiah 14:27 - his Isaiah 43:13 - I will work Jeremiah 48:30 - his lies shall not so effect it Acts 11:17 - what Romans 9:19 - Why doth
Cross-References
And God said unto Noah: 'This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.'
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt Me and you.
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes; for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.'
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house--and give me a true token--
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, he taketh away,.... There are some things God never takes away from his people; he never takes away his love from them, he always rests in that towards them, let them be in what condition they will; he never takes away his grace from them, when once bestowed on them, or wrought in them; he never takes away his special gifts of grace, particularly the unspeakable gift of his son Christ Jesus, which is that good part, when chosen, which shall not be taken away; nor any of the spiritual blessings wherewith they are blessed in Christ; these are irreversible and irrevocable: but temporal blessings he takes away at pleasure; so he had taken away the children, the servants of Job, his substance, wealth, and riches, and also his bodily health, to which he may have a particular respect; yea, when it pleases him, he takes a man out of the world, as the Targum and Gersom interpret it:
who can hinder him? he does what he pleases in heaven and earth; his will is irresistible, his power is uncontrollable; there is no turning his mind, nor staying his hand, nor turning it back; when he works, none can let or hinder. Mr. Broughton translates it, "who shall make him restore?" l if a man takes away what he has no right to, he may be obliged by law to restore it; but whatever God takes away he has a right unto, be it relations and friends, health or wealth; if he pleases he can restore, and does; and as he did to Job, to whom he after gave twice as much as he had before; but then he is not obliged to do it, none can force him to it:
who will say unto him, what doest thou? not one that knows what God is, or that knows himself a creature of his; no person will choose or dare to ask what God does, or why he does this and not another thing, or why this in the manner he does it; for he gives no account of his matters to the sons of men, nor is he obliged to it, and it would be insolent in them to require it, see Job 33:13; this expresses his sovereignty.
l So Beza, Pagninus, Montanus, Bolducius, Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, he taketh away - Property, friends, or life.
Who can hinder him? - Margin, turn him away. Or, rather, âwho shall cause him to restore?â that is, who can bring back what he takes away? He is so mighty, that what he removes, it is impossible for us to recover.
Who will say unto him, What doest thou? - A similar expression occurs in Daniel 4:35. The meaning is plain. God has a right to remove any thing which we possess. Our friends, property, health, and lives, are his gift, and he has a right to them all. When he takes them away, he is but taking that which is his own, and which has been lent to us for a little time, and which he has a right to remove when it seems good to him. This truth Job fully admits, and in the calm contemplation of all his losses and his sorrows, he acknowledges that God had a right to do as he had done; see note, Job 1:21.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 9:12. He taketh away — He never gives, but he is ever lending: and while the gift is useful or is improved, he permits it to remain; but when it becomes useless or is misused, he recalls it.
Who can hinder him? — Literally, Who can cause him to restore it?
What doest thou? — He is supreme, and will give account of none of his matters. He is infinitely wise, and cannot mistake. He is infinitely kind, and can do nothing cruel. He is infinitely good, and can do nothing wrong. No one, therefore, should question either his motives or his operations.
