Job 9:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?”
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“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?”
King James Version · Public Domain“He iswise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Wise in heart and strong in power--Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 9:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 9:7Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.
- Exodus 9:14Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 9:17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
- Exodus 14:17And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
- Exodus 15:7You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:6and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
- Job 6:10It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
- Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
- Job 11:6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
- Job 12:13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
- Job 15:13as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
- Job 15:23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
- Job 36:5Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Job 37:23The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Job 41:2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
- Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- Psalms 136:5By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Isaiah 45:9Woe 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’?
- Daniel 2:20and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
- Daniel 4:34But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
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