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Everything under heaven belongs to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/41.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Who has given me anything that I need to pay back? Everything under heaven is mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/41.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/41.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who hath prevented me, that I should repay <i>him? whatsoever is</i> under the whole heaven is mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/41.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who has preceded Me, that I should pay <i>him?</i> Everything under heaven is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Who has been first <i>to give</i> to Me, that I should repay <i>him?</i> <i>Whatever</i> is under the entire heaven is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/41.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Who has given to Me that I should repay <i>him?</i> <i>Whatever</i> is under the whole heaven is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Who has given to Me that I should repay <i>him</i>? <i>Whatever</i> is under the whole heaven is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Who has first given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?]<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who confronted me, that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who confronted Me, that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to Me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/41.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am in command of the world and in debt to no one. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/41.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Who can confront me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/41.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Who can attack him and still be safe? No one in all the world can do it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/41.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/41.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />(Who has confronted me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to me!) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Who has confronted me, that I should repay? Everything under the heavens is mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who hath first benefited me, that I should repay him? whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/41.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Who has brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it [is] Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it is mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who anticipated me, and I will recompense? under all the heavens it is to me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 41:2>Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/41.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Whoever has assailed me, I will pay back— Everything under the heavens is mine. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can confront it and be safe? —under the whole heaven, who?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who has pre-eminence over me, so that I should surrender?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Who is before me that I would surrender? All under Heaven is mine!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole <i>world</i> under heaven is mine?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/41-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=6456" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/41.htm">God's Power Shown in Leviathan</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me? <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/6923.htm" title="6923: hiq·dî·ma·nî (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To come or be in front, meet. A primitive root; to project, i.e. Precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet.">has given to Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: wa·’ă·šal·lêm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">that I should repay him?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Everything</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">is</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî- (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">Mine.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/24-1.htm">Psalm 24:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-35.htm">Romans 11:35-36</a></span><br />“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?” / For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-26.htm">1 Corinthians 10:26</a></span><br />for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/50-10.htm">Psalm 50:10-12</a></span><br />for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills. / I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. / If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5</a></span><br />Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-14.htm">Deuteronomy 10:14</a></span><br />Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-11.htm">1 Chronicles 29:11-12</a></span><br />Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all. / Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-11.htm">Psalm 89:11</a></span><br />The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Isaiah 40:12-14</a></span><br />Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance? / Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor? / Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16-17</a></span><br />For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/4-11.htm">Revelation 4:11</a></span><br />“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/14-19.htm">Genesis 14:19</a></span><br />and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/2-8.htm">Haggai 2:8</a></span><br />The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-4.htm">Psalm 95:4-5</a></span><br />In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him. / The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-4.htm">Proverbs 16:4</a></span><br />The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who has prevented me, that I should repay him? whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.</p><p class="hdg">Who</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-2.htm">Job 22:2,3</a></b></br> Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/35-7.htm">Job 35:7</a></b></br> If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-3.htm">Psalm 21:3</a></b></br> For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.</p><p class="hdg">whatsoever</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5</a></b></br> Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth <i>is</i> mine:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-14.htm">Deuteronomy 10:14</a></b></br> Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens <i>is</i> the LORD'S thy God, the earth <i>also</i>, with all that therein <i>is</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/29-11.htm">1 Chronicles 29:11-14</a></b></br> Thine, O LORD, <i>is</i> the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all <i>that is</i> in the heaven and in the earth <i>is thine</i>; thine <i>is</i> the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/20-5.htm">Beforehand</a> <a href="/job/22-8.htm">Belongs</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-4.htm">Benefited</a> <a href="/job/35-3.htm">Better</a> <a href="/job/31-13.htm">Claim</a> <a href="/job/40-19.htm">First</a> <a href="/job/38-37.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/job/38-37.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/job/34-27.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/job/30-27.htm">Prevented</a> <a href="/job/21-31.htm">Repay</a> <a href="/job/37-12.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/job/37-12.htm">Whatsoever</a> <a href="/job/37-3.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/41-26.htm">Beforehand</a> <a href="/psalms/3-8.htm">Belongs</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-17.htm">Benefited</a> <a href="/job/41-29.htm">Better</a> <a href="/psalms/73-9.htm">Claim</a> <a href="/job/42-14.htm">First</a> <a href="/psalms/2-4.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/psalms/2-4.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/psalms/22-25.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/psalms/18-5.htm">Prevented</a> <a href="/psalms/28-4.htm">Repay</a> <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Whatsoever</a> <a href="/psalms/9-1.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Job 41</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/41-1.htm">Of God's great power in the leviathan</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/41.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/41.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Who has given to Me that I should repay him?</b><br>This rhetorical question emphasizes God's sovereignty and self-sufficiency. In the context of Job, God is responding to Job's earlier complaints and questions about justice and suffering. The question implies that no one has ever given anything to God that would obligate Him to repay. This reflects the biblical theme of God's independence and the idea that all things originate from Him (<a href="/romans/11-35.htm">Romans 11:35</a>). It also highlights the futility of human attempts to bargain with or manipulate God, as seen in the broader narrative of Job's friends and their flawed theology.<p><b>Everything under heaven is Mine.</b><br>This phrase asserts God's ownership and dominion over all creation. It echoes the creation narrative in Genesis, where God is depicted as the Creator of the heavens and the earth. The statement reinforces the idea that God is the ultimate authority and possessor of all things, a theme also found in <a href="/psalms/24.htm">Psalm 24:1</a>, "The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it." This ownership implies that God has the right to govern and direct the universe according to His will. It also points to the concept of stewardship, where humans are caretakers of God's creation, accountable to Him for how they manage it. In a Christological sense, this can be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate authority, as He is described in the New Testament as having all authority in heaven and on earth (<a href="/matthew/28-18.htm">Matthew 28:18</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man of great faith and patience, who undergoes severe trials and suffering. The book of Job explores his dialogue with friends and God about the nature of suffering and divine justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, asserting His sovereignty and ownership over all creation. This passage is part of God's response to Job, emphasizing His unmatched power and wisdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/leviathan.htm">Leviathan</a></b><br>While not directly mentioned in this verse, Leviathan is the creature God describes in the surrounding context, symbolizing His control over even the most formidable aspects of creation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_divine_speech.htm">The Divine Speech</a></b><br>This verse is part of God's second speech to Job, where He challenges Job's understanding of divine governance and the natural world.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_job.htm">The Book of Job</a></b><br>A poetic and philosophical text in the Old Testament that addresses the problem of human suffering and the righteousness of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God is the ultimate authority over all creation. Everything belongs to Him, and He is not indebted to anyone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitations.htm">Human Limitations</a></b><br>Understand our position in relation to God. We cannot give to God in a way that obligates Him to repay us. Our relationship with Him is based on grace, not transactions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship.htm">Stewardship</a></b><br>As everything under heaven is God's, we are called to be faithful stewards of the resources and responsibilities He entrusts to us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_divine_wisdom.htm">Trust in Divine Wisdom</a></b><br>Trust in God's wisdom and plan, even when we do not understand our circumstances. His perspective is far greater than ours.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/worship_and_reverence.htm">Worship and Reverence</a></b><br>Respond to God's sovereignty with worship and reverence, acknowledging His greatness and our dependence on Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 41</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_wealth_inequality.htm">What does the Bible say about wealth inequality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_schemes_of_the_devil.htm">What does the Bible say about wealth inequality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_trinity_visible_in_heaven.htm">Is the Trinity visible in heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_owns_cattle_on_a_thousand_hills.htm">Who owns the cattle on a thousand hills?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Who hath prevented me?</span>--It is manifest that this appeal would come more appropriately at the end of the following detailed description than, as it does here, just before it. "Who hath prevented me," &c., of course means, <span class= "ital">Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him?</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "Who hath laid me under any obligation, so that I should be bound to fall in with his views, and take such a course as he might prescribe?" The allusion is to Job's persistent demand for a hearing - a controversy (<a href="/job/9-34.htm">Job 9:34, 35</a>; <a href="/job/10-3.htm">Job 10:3</a>; <a href="/job/13-3.htm">Job 13:3, 22</a>; <a href="/job/23-3.htm">Job 23:3-7</a>, etc.) - a trial, in which he shall plead with God, and God with him, upon even terms as it were, and so the truth concerning him, his sins, his integrity, his sufferings, and their cause or causes, shall be made manifest. God resists any and every claim that is made on him to justify himself and his doings to a creature. He is not a debtor to any. If he explains himself to any extent, if he condescends to give an account of any of his doings, it is of pure grace and favour. It has been observed that we might have expected this to be the conclusion of the entire discourse begun in ch. 38; and that no doubt would have been, according to ordinary laws of human composition, its more proper place. But Hebrew poetry is erratic, and pays little regard to logical lawn If anything important has been omitted in its more proper place, it is inserted in one which is, humanly speaking, less proper. The details concerning the crocodile, which are calculated to deepen the general impression, having been passed over where we might have expected them, are here subjoined, as filling out the description of vers. 1-10. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/41-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has given to Me</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֭קְדִּימַנִי</span> <span class="translit">(hiq·dî·ma·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6923.htm">Strong's 6923: </a> </span><span class="str2">To project, precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that I should repay him?</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·šal·lêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Everything</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּ֖חַת</span> <span class="translit">(ta·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heaven</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is</span><br /><span class="heb">הֽוּא׃</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Mine.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִי־</span> <span class="translit">(lî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/41-11.htm">Job 41:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/41-11.htm">OT Poetry: Job 41:11 Who has first given to me that (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/41-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 41:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 41:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/41-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 41:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 41:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>