Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Under the whole heaven is mine.

New American Standard Bible

“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

King James Version

Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Holman Bible

Who confronted Me, that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven belongs to Me.

International Standard Version

Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine.

American Standard Version

Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Amplified


“Who has first given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?]

Bible in Basic English

Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!

Darby Translation

Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Julia Smith Translation

Who anticipated me, and I will recompense? under all the heavens it is to me.

King James 2000

Who has given to me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Who has come to confront me, that I should repay [him]? Under all the heavens, {it belongs to me}.

Modern King James verseion

Who has gone before Me that I should repay? All that is the heavens is Mine.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Or, who hath given me anything afore hand, that I am bound to reward him again? All things under heaven are mine.

NET Bible

(Who has confronted me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to me!)

New Heart English Bible

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

The Emphasized Bible

Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!

Webster

Who hath first benefited me, that I should repay him? whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.

World English Bible

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

Youngs Literal Translation

Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it is mine.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קדם 
Qadam 
Usage: 26

שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

Context Readings

The Lord Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?

10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me? 11 Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Under the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.



Cross References

Psalm 24:1

The earth is LORD's, and the fullness thereof, the world, and those who dwell therein.

Romans 11:35

Or who first gave to him, and it will be repaid to him?

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be my own possession from among all peoples, for all the earth is mine,

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, to LORD thy God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is in it.

Psalm 50:12

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.

1 Corinthians 10:26

for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness of it.

Job 35:7

If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?

1 Chronicles 29:11-14

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth [is thine]. Thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou are exalted as head above all.

Job 22:2-3

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Psalm 21:3

For thou meet him with the blessings of goodness. Thou set a crown of fine gold on his head.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the heavens of LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

1 Corinthians 10:28

But if any man say to you, This is a sacrifice to an idol, do not eat for the sake of that man who informed, and the conscience, for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness of it.

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