Job 9:12

God's Word

He takes something away, ⌞but⌟ who can stop him? Who is going to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

But the king said, “You don’t think like me at all, sons of Zeruiah. Let him curse. If the Lord has told him, ‘Curse David,’ should anyone ask, ‘Why do you do that?’ ”

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother, and naked I will return. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away! May the name of the Lord be praised.”

Job 10:7

You know I’m not guilty, but there is no one to rescue me from your hands.

Job 11:10

If God comes along and imprisons ⌞someone⌟ and then calls a court into session, who can stop him?

Job 23:13

“But God is one of a kind. Who can make him change his mind? He does whatever he wants!

Job 33:13

Why do you quarrel with him since he doesn’t answer any questions?

Job 34:29

If he keeps quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, who can see him whether it is a nation or a single person?

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Since a king’s word has such power, no one can ask him what he is doing.

Isaiah 43:13

“From the ⌞first⌟ day I was the one ⌞who did this⌟. No one can rescue people from my power. When I do something, who can undo it?”

Isaiah 45:9

How horrible it will be for the one who quarrels with his maker. He is pottery among other earthenware pots. Does the clay ask the one who shapes it, “What are you making?” Does your work say to you, “There are no handles”?

Jeremiah 18:6

“Nation of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter does with clay? Nation of Israel, you are like the clay in the potter’s hands.

Daniel 4:32

You will be forced away from people and live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle. And seven time periods will pass until you realize that the Most High has power over human kingdoms and that he gives them to whomever he wishes.”

Daniel 4:35

Everyone who lives on earth is nothing compared to him. He does whatever he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who live on earth. There is no one who can oppose him or ask him, “What are you doing?”

Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, this is what pleased you.

Matthew 20:15

Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?’

Romans 11:34

“Who knows how the Lord thinks? Who can become his adviser?”

Ephesians 1:11

God also decided ahead of time to choose us through Christ according to his plan, which makes everything work the way he intends.