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[If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?]<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If he passes by and throws someone in prison or convenes a court, who can stop him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If He passes by and throws someone in prison or convenes a court, who can stop Him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If God puts you in prison or drags you to court, what can you do? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If he pass through, and shut up, and call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If God comes along and imprisons [someone] and then calls a court into session, who can stop him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If God arrests you and brings you to trial, who is there to stop him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"If he bypasses, or imprisons, or convenes a court, who can stop him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If he shall cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, "" Who then reverses it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If he shall pass on, and shut up, and gather together, who shall turn him back.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If he overturns all things, or packs them together, who will contradict him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If he should seize and imprison or call to judgment, who then could turn him back? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If he passes through, and imprisons, and assembles for judgment, who can hinder him?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If he should pass by, and besiege, or should cause men to die, who could hinder him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If he will pass by, he shall seize and he shall gather; who turns him?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If He pass by, and shut up, Or gather in, then who can hinder Him?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/11-10.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=1694" 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/11.htm">Zophar Rebukes Job</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/2498.htm" title="2498: ya·ḥă·lōp̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To pass on or away, pass through. A primitive root; properly, to slide by, i.e. to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change.">He comes along</a> <a href="/hebrew/5462.htm" title="5462: wə·yas·gîr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To shut, close. A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender.">to imprison you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6950.htm" title="6950: wə·yaq·hîl (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To gather as an assembly or congregation. A primitive root; to convoke.">or convenes a court,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: ū·mî (Conj-w:: 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> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?…<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="/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="/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="/isaiah/29-16.htm">Isaiah 29:16</a></span><br />You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-6.htm">Jeremiah 18:6</a></span><br />“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a></span><br />But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-34.htm">Romans 11:34-36</a></span><br />“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” / “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="/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="/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="/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="/isaiah/40-13.htm">Isaiah 40:13-14</a></span><br />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="/1_corinthians/2-16.htm">1 Corinthians 2:16</a></span><br />“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11</a></span><br />In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,<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="/lamentations/3-37.htm">Lamentations 3:37-38</a></span><br />Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? / Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?</p><p class="hdg">If he cut off.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-18.htm">Job 5:18</a></b></br> For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-4.htm">Job 9:4,12,13</a></b></br> <i>He is</i> wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened <i>himself</i> against him, and hath prospered? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-14.htm">Job 12:14</a></b></br> Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.</p><p class="hdg">shut up</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/38-8.htm">Job 38:8</a></b></br> Or <i>who</i> shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, <i>as if</i> it had issued out of the womb?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-30.htm">Deuteronomy 32:30</a></b></br> How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/31-8.htm">Psalm 31:8</a></b></br> And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.</p><p class="hdg">hinder him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/7-5.htm">Assemble</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-33.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/genesis/23-17.htm">Confines</a> <a href="/job/9-32.htm">Court</a> <a href="/job/8-14.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/job/10-22.htm">Death</a> <a href="/esther/8-11.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/job/9-11.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/9-12.htm">Hinder</a> <a href="/job/12-14.htm">Imprisons</a> <a href="/job/9-32.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">Oppose</a> <a href="/job/9-11.htm">Passes</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-39.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/job/11-7.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/job/5-11.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/job/9-13.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/esther/8-8.htm">Reverse</a> <a href="/job/7-11.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/job/5-16.htm">Shuts</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-11.htm">Shutting</a> <a href="/job/10-11.htm">Together</a> <a href="/job/11-4.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/47-9.htm">Assemble</a> <a href="/job/30-28.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/job/31-14.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/job/26-10.htm">Confines</a> <a href="/job/11-19.htm">Court</a> <a href="/job/14-2.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/job/12-22.htm">Death</a> <a href="/job/16-10.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/job/14-2.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/15-4.htm">Hinder</a> <a href="/job/12-14.htm">Imprisons</a> <a href="/job/12-20.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/job/23-6.htm">Oppose</a> <a href="/job/14-20.htm">Passes</a> <a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Prison</a> <a href="/job/14-3.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/job/14-13.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/job/15-8.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-13.htm">Reverse</a> <a href="/job/12-14.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/job/12-14.htm">Shuts</a> <a href="/job/24-16.htm">Shutting</a> <a href="/job/12-16.htm">Together</a> <a href="/job/11-20.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Job 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/11-1.htm">Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/11-5.htm">God's wisdom is unsearchable</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/11-13.htm">The assured blessing of repentance</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/11.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/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If He comes along to imprison you</b><br>This phrase reflects the sovereignty and omnipotence of God. In the context of the Book of Job, Zophar is speaking to Job, emphasizing God's ultimate authority over human affairs. The imagery of God coming to imprison suggests His power to control and judge. Biblically, this aligns with the understanding that God is the ultimate judge (<a href="/psalms/75-7.htm">Psalm 75:7</a>). The concept of divine imprisonment can also be seen in the story of Jonah, where God orchestrates events to bring Jonah to repentance (<a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah 1:17</a>). This phrase underscores the belief that no human can escape God's will or His plans.<p><b>or convenes a court</b><br>The idea of God convening a court highlights His role as the supreme judge. In ancient Near Eastern culture, a court was a place of judgment and decision-making, often presided over by a king or a high official. Here, God is depicted as the ultimate authority who can call a court to order. This is consistent with other biblical passages that describe God as the judge of all the earth (<a href="/genesis/18-25.htm">Genesis 18:25</a>). The imagery of a divine court is also present in prophetic literature, such as in <a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Daniel 7:9-10</a>, where God is depicted as the Ancient of Days, presiding over a heavenly court. This reinforces the idea that God's judgments are just and final.<p><b>who can stop Him?</b><br>This rhetorical question emphasizes the futility of resisting God's will. It reflects the belief in God's omnipotence and the idea that His purposes cannot be thwarted (<a href="/isaiah/14-27.htm">Isaiah 14:27</a>). The question implies that no human power or wisdom can stand against God, a theme echoed throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/romans/9-19.htm">Romans 9:19-21</a>, where Paul discusses God's sovereign right to shape His creation according to His will. This phrase serves as a reminder of the limitations of human power in the face of divine authority and the importance of submitting to God's will.<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. His account is a profound exploration of the nature of suffering and divine justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zophar_the_naamathite.htm">Zophar the Naamathite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who visit him to offer counsel. Zophar is known for his blunt and sometimes harsh perspective on Job's situation, emphasizing God's justice and the need for repentance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, whose sovereignty, wisdom, and justice are explored throughout the account. God's actions and decisions are beyond human understanding.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/court.htm">Court</a></b><br>A metaphorical reference to God's divine judgment and authority. It signifies the ultimate accountability of all creation to God's sovereign will.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/imprisonment.htm">Imprisonment</a></b><br>Symbolic of God's ability to control and direct human circumstances, emphasizing His omnipotence and the futility of resisting His will.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God's authority is absolute. He governs the universe with wisdom and justice, and His plans cannot be thwarted by human intervention.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitation.htm">Human Limitation</a></b><br>Understand our limitations in comprehending God's ways. We are called to trust in His wisdom, even when His actions are beyond our understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a></b><br>Reflect on the nature of God's justice. While it may seem inscrutable, it is ultimately perfect and righteous.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/response_to_suffering.htm">Response to Suffering</a></b><br>In times of trial, like Job, we should seek to maintain faith and integrity, trusting that God is in control and has a purpose for our suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_to_god.htm">Accountability to God</a></b><br>Acknowledge that we are accountable to God for our actions. His judgment is final, and we should live in a way that honors Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_50_10_fit_with_trust_in_god.htm">How does Isaiah 50:10 reconcile with the broader biblical narrative on trust in God, given that many faithful individuals still faced dire outcomes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_let_satan_test_job.htm">Job 1:12 - How can a benevolent God allow Satan to inflict suffering on a blameless man as part of a wager?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_satan_bound_for_1000_years.htm">(Revelation 20:1-3) How can Satan be literally bound for a thousand years and then released if he is not a physical being?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_righteous_suffer_hardships.htm">Proverbs 3:33 states the Lord curses the wicked and blesses the righteous--how do we reconcile this with righteous people facing severe hardships and injustices?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">If he cut off.</span>--It is the same word as "a spirit passed before me" (<a href="/job/4-15.htm" title="Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:">Job 4:15</a>); and as Job himself used (<a href="/job/9-11.htm" title="See, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not.">Job 9:11</a>): "he passeth on, but I perceive him not." "If, then," says Zophar, "God acteth thus, or if He delivers up a man into the hands of his enemies, or if He calls together a multitude against him--alluding apparently to <a href="/context/job/9-11.htm" title="See, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not.">Job 9:11-12</a>; <a href="/job/10-17.htm" title="You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me; changes and war are against me.">Job 10:17</a>, where the word rendered <span class= "ital">changes </span>is a derivative of the word here rendered "cut off"--then who can turn Him back from His intent?" adopting Job's own question at <a href="/job/9-12.htm" title="Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What do you?">Job 9:12</a> : "Who can hinder Him?" Some understand the three terms forensically: "if He arrest, and imprison, and hold assize; "but it is probable that Job's own statements are alluded to.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If he cut off</span>; rather, <span class="accented">if he advance</span> (comp. <a href="/job/9-11.htm">Job 9:11</a>). And shut up; or, <span class="accented">imprison</span>. Or gather together; rather, <span class="accented">and call to judgment</span> (see the Revised Version). If God, that is, advance against a man in hostile fashion, seize and imprison him, and then call him to judgment, what is to be said or done? who can interfere with him? Matters must take their course. There is no ground for complaint It is simply God's mode of administering justice on the earth. <span class="cmt_word">Who can hinder him?</span> literally, <span class="accented">who can turn him sway? i.e.</span> interfere with his action, interrupt it, divert it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/11-10.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">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He comes along</span><br /><span class="heb">יַחֲלֹ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(ya·ḥă·lōp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2498.htm">Strong's 2498: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slide by, to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce, change</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to imprison you,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיַסְגִּ֑יר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yas·gîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5462.htm">Strong's 5462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, to surrender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or convenes a court,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝יַקְהִ֗יל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yaq·hîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6950.htm">Strong's 6950: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather as an assembly or congregation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/11-10.htm">OT Poetry: Job 11:10 If he passes by or confines (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/11-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 11:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 11:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/11-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 11:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 11:11" /></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>