If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
Job 37:7 - Revised Standard Version He seals up the hand of every man, that all men may know his work. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He sealeth up the hand of every man; That all men may know his work. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition God seals up (stops, brings to a standstill by severe weather) the hand of every man [and now under His seal their hands are forced to inactivity], that all men whom He has made may know His doings (His sovereign power and their subjection to it). American Standard Version (1901) He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may know it. Common English Bible He stamps the hand of every person so all can know his work. Catholic Public Domain Version He signs the hand of all men, so that each one may know his works. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He sealeth up the hand of all men, that every one may know his works. |
If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who have pleasure in them.
Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has wrought desolations in the earth.
Then all men will fear; they will tell what God has wrought, and ponder what he has done.
For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad by thy work; at the works of thy hands I sing for joy.
then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out; even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out.
O Lord, thy hand is lifted up, but they see it not. Let them see thy zeal for thy people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for thy adversaries consume them.
They have lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts; but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, or see the work of his hands.