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Who can say to him, &#8216What are you doing?&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If he snatches someone in death, who can stop him? Who dares to ask, ‘What are you doing?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If He were to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, &#8216What are You doing?&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What art Thou doing?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Were He to snatch away, who could turn Him back? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain <i>or</i> turn Him back? Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If he snatches something, who can stop him? Who can ask him, “What are you doing? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If He snatches something, who can stop Him? Who can ask Him, &#8220What are You doing?&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And if he grabs something, who can stop him or raise a question? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He takes something away, [but] who can stop him? Who is going to ask him, 'What are you doing?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He takes what he wants, and no one can stop him; no one dares ask him, "What are you doing?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, if he snatches someone away, who could restrain him? Who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ?What are You doing??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him, 'What are you doing?' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What doest thou?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, He snatches away, who brings it back? Who says to Him, What [are] You doing?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, 'What dost Thou?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, he will catch and who shall turn him? and who shall say to him, What wilt thou do?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, “Why did you do so?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Should he seize me forcibly, who can resist? Who can say to him, “What are you doing?” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He snatches away; who can stop him? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, if he will destroy, who can resist him? Who can say to him, What doest thou?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, if he destroys, who would command with his hand and who will say to him: ‘what are you doing?’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What hast thou done?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/9-12.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=1347" 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/9.htm">Job: How Can I Argue with God?</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hên (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/2862.htm" title="2862: yaḥ·tōp̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To seize, snatch away. A primitive root; to clutch.">He takes away,</a> <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/7725.htm" title="7725: yə·šî·ḇen·nū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">can stop Him?</a> <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/559.htm" title="559: yō·mar (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">dares to ask</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">Him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">‘What</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ta·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">are You doing?’</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.…<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="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a></span><br />Woe 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’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Daniel 4:35</a></span><br />All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-20.htm">Romans 9:20-21</a></span><br />But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” / Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-27.htm">Isaiah 14:27</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-13.htm">Isaiah 43:13</a></span><br />Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:4</a></span><br />For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-3.htm">Psalm 115:3</a></span><br />Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-6.htm">Psalm 135:6</a></span><br />The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10</a></span><br />I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-37.htm">Lamentations 3:37</a></span><br />Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-39.htm">Acts 5:39</a></span><br />But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-30.htm">Proverbs 21:30</a></span><br />There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Isaiah 10:15</a></span><br />Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33-34</a></span><br />O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-22.htm">1 Corinthians 10:22</a></span><br />Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What do you?</p><p class="hdg">he taketh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/23-13.htm">Job 23:13</a></b></br> But he <i>is</i> in one <i>mind</i>, and who can turn him? and <i>what</i> his soul desireth, even <i>that</i> he doeth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-29.htm">Job 34:29</a></b></br> When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth <i>his</i> face, who then can behold him? whether <i>it be done</i> against a nation, or against a man only:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Daniel 4:35</a></b></br> And all the inhabitants of the earth <i>are</i> reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and <i>among</i> the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?</p><p class="hdg">hinder him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10</a></b></br> If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?</p><p class="hdg">What</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/33-13.htm">Job 33:13</a></b></br> Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a></b></br> Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! <i>Let</i> the potsherd <i>strive</i> 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?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-6.htm">Jeremiah 18:6</a></b></br> O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay <i>is</i> in the potter's hand, so <i>are</i> ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/9-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-8.htm">Hinder</a> <a href="/job/4-11.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/job/8-15.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/job/7-11.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">Seizeth</a> <a href="/john/10-29.htm">Snatch</a> <a href="/john/10-12.htm">Snatches</a> <a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Snatcheth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-3.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/job/7-19.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/judges/18-24.htm">What</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/9-24.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/11-10.htm">Hinder</a> <a href="/job/9-26.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/job/9-22.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/job/9-13.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">Seizeth</a> <a href="/job/24-9.htm">Snatch</a> <a href="/job/24-19.htm">Snatches</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Snatcheth</a> <a href="/job/13-21.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/job/9-13.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/22-13.htm">What</a><div class="vheading2">Job 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/9-1.htm">Job acknowledges God's justice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/9-22.htm">Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions</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/9.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/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If He takes away, who can stop Him?</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the sovereignty and omnipotence of God. In the context of Job, it reflects Job's understanding of God's absolute power over creation and human affairs. The idea that no one can stop God is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/43-13.htm">Isaiah 43:13</a>, where God declares that no one can deliver out of His hand. This reflects the belief that God's will is ultimately irresistible and unchallengeable. Historically, this aligns with the ancient Near Eastern understanding of deities as having ultimate control over the fate of individuals and nations. Theologically, it underscores the concept of divine providence, where God governs all events in the universe.<p><b>Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’</b><br>This phrase highlights the theme of human humility before divine wisdom and authority. It suggests that questioning God's actions is beyond human prerogative, a theme that is prevalent throughout the Book of Job. This is further illustrated in <a href="/job/38.htm">Job 38-41</a>, where God questions Job, demonstrating the vast difference between divine and human understanding. The rhetorical question implies that God's purposes are inscrutable and beyond human comprehension, a concept also found in <a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33-34</a>, where Paul speaks of the depth of God's wisdom and knowledge. Culturally, this reflects the ancient belief in the inscrutability of divine will, a common theme in wisdom literature. This phrase can also be seen as a type of Christ, who, in His submission to the Father's will, exemplifies perfect trust and obedience, as seen in His prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane (<a href="/matthew/26-39.htm">Matthew 26:39</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and unwavering faith.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The omnipotent Creator, whose actions and decisions are beyond human understanding and questioning, as emphasized in this verse.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_friends_of_job.htm">The Friends of Job</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, they are significant in the context of the Book of Job, as they attempt to explain Job's suffering through their own understanding of God's justice.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heavenly_court.htm">The Heavenly Court</a></b><br>The setting at the beginning of the Book of Job where God and Satan discuss Job's faithfulness, setting the stage for the events that follow.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The region where Job lived, often associated with the ancient Near East, though its exact location is uncertain.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>This verse underscores the absolute sovereignty of God. He is in control of all things, and His actions are beyond human challenge or comprehension.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitations.htm">Human Limitations</a></b><br>It reminds us of our limitations in understanding God's purposes. We are called to trust in His wisdom, even when we do not understand His ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_adversity.htm">Faith in Adversity</a></b><br>Job's acknowledgment of God's power, even in his suffering, teaches us to maintain faith and trust in God's plan during our own trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Recognizing God's ultimate authority should lead us to a posture of humility, acknowledging that His ways are higher than our ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a></b><br>Even when life seems chaotic or unjust, we can find peace in knowing that God is in control and His plans are for our ultimate good.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">What doest thou?</span>--Putting the case even that God were, so to say, in the wrong, and the assailant, yet even then He would maintain His cause from sheer might, and crush His adversary.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Behold, he taketh away</span>; rather, <span class="accented">he seizeth the prey</span> (see the Revised Version). The expression is much stronger than that used in <a href="/job/1-21.htm">Job 1:21</a>. Job seems to be smarting under the recollection of all that he has lost, and takes an aggrieved tone. <span class="cmt_word">Who can hinder him?</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/18-6.htm">Jeremiah 18:6</a>; Romans 19:20). <span class="cmt_word">Who will say unto him, What doest thou?</span> To have to do with such an irresistible Being, alone in his might, would indeed be terrible if, while absolutely powerful, unchecked and uncontrolled from without, he were not also absolutely good, and therefore controlled and checked by a law from within. This, however, Job, in his present mood, does not seem clearly to see. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/9-12.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">If</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He snatches away,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֭חְתֹּף</span> <span class="translit">(yaḥ·tōp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2862.htm">Strong's 2862: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seize, snatch away</span><br /><br /><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">can hinder Him?</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šî·ḇen·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽי־</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">can say</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאמַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(yō·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Him,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֝לָ֗יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘What</span><br /><span class="heb">מַֽה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are You doing?’</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/9-12.htm">Job 9:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/9-12.htm">OT Poetry: Job 9:12 Behold he snatches away (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/9-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 9:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 9:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/9-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 9:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 9:13" /></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>