But the king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, it’s because Adonai has said to him, ‘Curse David!’ So who should say, ‘Why did you do so?’”
Job 9:12 - Tree of Life Version If He were to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, He snatches away; who can hinder or turn Him back? Who will say to Him, What are You doing? American Standard Version (1901) Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? Common English Bible If he seizes, who can bring back? Who can say to him, “What are you doing?” Catholic Public Domain Version If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, "Why did you do so?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? Or, who can say: Why dost thou so? |
But the king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, it’s because Adonai has said to him, ‘Curse David!’ So who should say, ‘Why did you do so?’”
Then he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. Adonai gave and Adonai has taken away; blessed be the Name of Adonai.”
though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
“If He comes by and imprisons, or convenes a court, who can prevent Him?
He is unchangeable, and who can change Him? Whatever His soul desires, He does.
Why do you contend against Him that He does not answer all His words.
“But if He is quiet, who can condemn Him? If He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He is over a nation and an individual alike,
Since the word of a king has authority, who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
From eternity, I am He. None can deliver from My hand. I act, and who can reverse it?”
Oy , to one who quarrels with his Maker, like a pot among the pots of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What have you made?” Or does your work say, “It has no handles”?
“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” declares Adonai. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
All the inhabitants of earth are counted as nothing. He does as He wills with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. No one can hold back His hand, or say to Him, ‘What have you done?’
Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
For “who has known the mind of Adonai, or who has been His counselor?”
In Him we also were chosen, predestined according to His plan. He keeps working out all things according to the purpose of His will—