And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Job 9:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [God] is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has [ever] hardened himself against Him and prospered or even been safe? American Standard Version (1901) He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?— Common English Bible He is wise and powerful; who can resist him and prosper? Catholic Public Domain Version He is understanding in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and yet had peace? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who hath resisted him, and hath had peace? |
And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
and he said, O LORD, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thine hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, That it is manifold in effectual working! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, And lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
He draweth away the mighty also by his power: He riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength of understanding.
Touching the Almighty, we can not find him out; he is excellent in power: And in judgement and plenteous justice he will not afflict.
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
Then should I yet have comfort; Yea, I would exult in pain that spareth not: For I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
If we speak of the strength of the mighty, lo, he is there! And if of judgement, who will appoint me a time?
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
To him that by understanding made the heavens: For his mercy endureth for ever.
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.
Happy is the man that feareth alway: But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past tracing out!
and what the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
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,