Job 9:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֣ן יַ֭חְתֹּף מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ מִֽי־יֹאמַ֥ר אֵ֝לָ֗יו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

Transliteration

hēn yaḥtōp mî yəšîbennû mî-yōʾmar ʾēlāyw mah-taʿăśeh

Grammar Details

*hēn*: demonstrative particle - behold/see
*yaḥtōp*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he snatches away
*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*yəšîbennû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - can restrain him
*mî-yōʾmar*: interrogative pronoun + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - who will say
*ʾēlāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*mah-taʿăśeh*: interrogative pronoun + qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - what are you doing

Word Meanings

*hēn*: behold, see, lo
*yaḥtōp*: to seize, snatch away, take
*yəšîbennû*: to return, restore, bring back
*yōʾmar*: to say, speak, tell
*taʿăśeh*: to do, make, act

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 11:10 : 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe 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?
Job 23:13 : 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Job 33:13 : 13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Job 34:29 : 29 When 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:
Jer 18:6 : 6 O 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.
Dan 4:35 : 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?
Matt 20:15 : 15 {G2228} Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Rom 11:34 : 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Rom 9:18-20 : 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Matt 11:26 : 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

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