Look, God and his priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound the charge against you. Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.’
Job 9:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised God is wise and all-powerful. Who has opposed him and come out unharmed? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
Look, God and his priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound the charge against you. Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.’
He said: Lord, God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven, and do you not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, and no one can stand against you.
He would show you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your iniquity.
Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are his.
as you turn your anger against God and allow such words to leave your mouth?
Would he prosecute me forcefully? No, he would certainly pay attention to me.
Yet God drags away the mighty by his power; when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.
Dominion and dread belong to him, the one who establishes harmony in his heights.
Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one; he understands all things. ,
The Almighty #– #we cannot reach him – he is exalted in power! He will not violate justice and abundant righteousness,
Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
It would still bring me comfort, and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
If it is a matter of strength, look, he is the powerful one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
You overthrew your adversaries by your great majesty. You unleashed your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
Pharaoh sent messengers who saw that not a single one of the Israelite livestock was dead. But Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he did not let the people go.
Happy is the one who is always reverent, but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
One who becomes stiff-necked, after many reprimands will be shattered instantly – beyond recovery.
‘Woe to the one who argues with his Maker – one clay pot among many. Does clay say to the one forming it, “What are you making? ” Or does your work say, “He has no hands”?
Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught, but you did not even know it. You were found and captured because you pitted yourself against the Lord.
and declared: May the name of God be praised for ever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him.
The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgements and untraceable his ways!
and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength.
This is so that God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.
Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us #– #