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Job 9:4

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered? --
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Wise in heart and strong in power—Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He is wise in heart, ? mighty in stregth: who hath bene fierce against him ? hath prospered?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He is wise in heart, and mightie in strength: who hath hardened [himselfe] against him, and hath prospered?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has hardened himself against him, and had peace?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
[He is] wise 2450
{2450} Prime
חָכָם
chakam
{khaw-kawm'}
From H2449; wise, (that is, intelligent, skilful or artful).
in heart, 3824
{3824} Prime
לֵבָב
lebab
{lay-bawb'}
From H3823; the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like H3820.
and mighty 533
{0533} Prime
אַמִּיץ
'ammiyts
{am-meets'}
From H0553; strong or (abstractly) strength.
in strength: 3581
{3581} Prime
כֹּחַ
koach
{ko'-akh}
From an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard.
who x4310
(4310) Complement
מִי
miy
{me}
An interrogitive pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.
hath hardened 7185
{7185} Prime
קָשָׁה
qashah
{kaw-shaw'}
A primitive root; properly to be dense, that is, tough or severe (in various applications).
z8689
<8689> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2675
[himself] against x413
(0413) Complement
אֵל
'el
{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
him, and hath prospered? 7999
{7999} Prime
שָׁלַם
shalam
{shaw-lam'}
A primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively to be (causatively make) completed; by implication to be friendly; by extension to reciprocate (in various applications).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 9:4

_ _ wise in heart — in understanding! — and mighty in power! God confounds the ablest arguer by His wisdom, and the mightiest by His power.

_ _ hardened himself — or his neck (Proverbs 29:1); that is, defied God. To prosper, one must fall in with God’s arrangements of providence and grace.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 9:1-13.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 9:4

He — He is infinitely wise, and searcheth all mens hearts and ways, and discovers a multitude of sins which mens short sighted — eyes cannot see; and therefore can charge them with innumerable evils, where they thought themselves innocent, and sees far more malignity than men could discern in their sins. Mighty — So that whether men contend with God by wisdom or by strength: God will be conqueror. Hardened himself — Obstinately contended with him. The devil promised himself that Job in the day of his affliction, would curse and speak ill of God. But instead of that, he sets himself to honour God, and speak highly of him. As ill pained as he is, and as much as he is taken up with his own miseries, when he has occasion to mention the wisdom and power of God, he forgets his complaints and expatiates with a flood of eloquence on that glorious subject.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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wise in heart:

Job 9:19 If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
Job 36:5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and despiseth not [any: he is] mighty in strength [and] wisdom.
Psalms 104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Psalms 136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
Daniel 2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
Daniel 4:34-37 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: ... 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.
Romans 11:33 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!
Ephesians 1:8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Ephesians 1:19 And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Ephesians 3:20 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 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, ... To the only wise God our Saviour, [be] glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

who hath hardened:

Job 6:10 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 15:23-27 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. ... Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.
Job 40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Exodus 9:14-17 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. ... As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Exodus 14:17-18 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. ... 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.
Proverbs 28:14 Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Daniel 5:20-30 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: ... In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
1 Corinthians 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
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Ex 9:14; 14:17. Jb 6:10; 9:19; 15:23; 36:5; 40:9. Ps 104:24; 136:5. Pv 28:14; 29:1. Dn 2:20; 4:34; 5:20. Ro 11:33. 1Co 10:22. Ep 1:8, 19; 3:10, 20. Jde 1:24.

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