Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Wise in heart and mighty in strength,
Who has defied Him without harm?

King James Version

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Holman Bible

God is wise and all-powerful.
Who has opposed Him and come out unharmed?

International Standard Version

He is wise in heart and strong in will who can be stubborn against him and succeed?

A Conservative Version

[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

American Standard Version

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?-

Amplified


“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?

Bible in Basic English

He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

Darby Translation

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?

Julia Smith Translation

Wise of heart and strong of power: who was hard before him and shall be requited?

King James 2000

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and has prospered?

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He is] wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

Modern King James verseion

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and been blessed;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength. Who ever prospered that took part against him?

NET Bible

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength -- who has resisted him and remained safe?

New Heart English Bible

God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

The Emphasized Bible

Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

Webster

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

World English Bible

God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

Youngs Literal Translation

Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He is wise
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

in heart
לבב 
Lebab 
Usage: 251

and mighty
אמּץ אמּיץ 
'ammiyts 
Usage: 6

כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

קשׁה 
Qashah 
Usage: 28

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

3 If he desires to contend with him, he will not be able to answer him one thing of a thousand. 4 Wise in heart and mighty in strength,
Who has defied Him without harm?
5 Who uproots the mountains in his anger, and they know not who overturned them.

Cross References

Job 36:5

Behold, God is mighty and does not despise; he is mighty in virtue of heart.

Job 9:19

If we were to speak of his strength, he is certainly strong; and if of his judgment, who shall cause us to meet?

Proverbs 29:1

He that being often reproved hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy.

Exodus 9:14-17

For otherwise this time I will send all my plagues upon thine heart and upon thy slaves and upon thy people that thou may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

Exodus 14:17-18

And behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians that they shall follow them: and I will be glorified in Pharaoh and in all his host, in his chariots, and in his horsemen.

2 Chronicles 13:12

And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for ye shall not prosper.

Job 6:10

Then should my comfort grow; I would hold on to sorrow without mercy; for I have not contradicted the words of the Holy One.

Job 11:6

and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For thou dost deserve double according to sound wisdom; and thou dost know that God has forgotten thee because of thine iniquity.

Job 12:13

With him is wisdom and strength; he has counsel and intelligence.

Job 15:23-27

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is prepared for him.

Job 40:9

Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Psalm 104:24

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.

Psalm 136:5

To him that by intelligence made the heavens: for his mercy endures for ever.

Proverbs 28:14

Blessed is the man that fears God always, but he that hardens his heart shall fall into evil.

Daniel 2:20

And Daniel spoke and said, Blessed be the name of God from age to age for wisdom and might are his;

Daniel 4:34-37

But at the end of the time I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes unto heaven, and my understanding was returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and glorified him that lives for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is through all ages:

Daniel 5:20-30

But when his heart made itself arrogant, and his spirit hardened itself in pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him:

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments and his ways past finding out!

1 Corinthians 10:22

Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

Ephesians 1:8

which has over abounded in us in all wisdom and prudence;

Ephesians 1:19

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power in us who believe, by the operation of the power of his strength,

Ephesians 3:10

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the congregation the manifold wisdom of God,

Ephesians 3:20

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Jude 1:24-25

Now unto him that is powerful to keep you without sin and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

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