Job 9:4

American Standard Version (1901)

[ He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?--

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  • Job 36:5 : 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.
  • Job 9:19 : 19 If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • Dan 2:20 : 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
  • Dan 4:34-37 : 34 And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. 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 him, What doest thou? 36 At the same time mine understanding returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added unto me. 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
  • Dan 5:20-30 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts', and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this, 23 but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. 24 Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end; 27 TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
  • Eph 1:8 : 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
  • Eph 1:19 : 19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
  • Eph 3:20 : 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Jude 1:24-25 : 24 Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, 25 to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
  • Job 12:13 : 13 With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
  • Job 15:23-27 : 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24 Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25 Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty; 26 He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers; 27 Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
  • Exod 9:14-17 : 14 For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth: 16 but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
  • Exod 14:17-18 : 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. [ 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
  • 2 Chr 13:12 : 12 And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
  • Job 6:10 : 10 And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
  • Ps 136:5 : 5 To him that by understanding made the heavens; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

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    13With [God] is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

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  • 13But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

  • 19If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?

  • 10If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?

  • 22Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

  • 13Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

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    8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

    9Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

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    24Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

    25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

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    22Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him?

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    24Men do therefore fear him: He regardeth not any that are wise of heart.

  • 10Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

  • 6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

  • 36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

  • 13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

  • 13Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?

  • 13Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

  • 17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

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  • 9that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

    30There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

  • 12He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

  • 9Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,

  • 20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

  • 19Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?

  • 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 7Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

  • 4Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

  • 31Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?

  • 13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

  • 21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.