Job 9:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃

Transliteration

ḥăkam lēbāb wə-ʾammîṣ kōaḥ mî-hiqšâ ʾēlāyw wə-yišlām

Grammar Details

• *ḥăkam*: adjective masculine singular construct - wise of
• *lēbāb*: masculine singular noun - heart/mind
• *wə-ʾammîṣ*: conjunction + adjective masculine singular construct - and mighty of
• *kōaḥ*: masculine singular noun - strength/power
• *mî-hiqšâ*: interrogative pronoun + hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - who has hardened
• *ʾēlāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - against him
• *wə-yišlām*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and has remained safe/has prospered

Word Meanings

• *ḥăkam*: wise, skilled, experienced
• *lēbāb*: heart, mind, inner person
• *ʾammîṣ*: strong, mighty, powerful
• *kōaḥ*: strength, power, might
• *hiqšâ*: to harden, be stubborn, be obstinate
• *yišlām*: to be complete, be safe, be at peace

Referenced Verses

• Job 36:5 : 5 ¶ Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.
• Job 9:19 : 19 If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
• 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 honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] 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 my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: 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 mind hardened in pride, 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: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and [that] he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine 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 in 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 him; and this writing was written. 25 And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This [is] the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 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 scarlet, and [put] a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
• Rom 11:33 : 33 ¶ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
• 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
• Eph 1:8 : 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
• Eph 1:19 : 19 And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
• Eph 3:10 : 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by 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 keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, [be] glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
• Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
• Job 12:13 : 13 With him [is] wisdom and strength, 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 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. 26 He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: 27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.
• Exod 9:14-17 : 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine 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 will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] 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 follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
• 2 Chr 13:12 : 12 And, behold, God himself [is] with us for [our] captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
• Job 6:10 : 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
• Job 40:9 : 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
• Ps 104:24 : 24 O LORD, 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 wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
• Prov 28:14 : 14 ¶ Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.