Job Chapter 9 verse 12 Holy Bible
Behold, he seizeth `the prey', who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?
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Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What doest thou?
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Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
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Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, `What dost Thou?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Behold, he taketh away; rather, he seizeth the prey (see the Revised Version). The expression is much stronger than that used in Job 1:21. Job seems to be smarting under the recollection of all that he has lost, and takes an aggrieved tone. Who can hinder him? (comp. Isaiah 45:9; Jeremiah 18:6; Romans 19:20). Who will say unto him, What doest thou? 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) What doest thou?--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.