Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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?

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 wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one [time] in a thousand. 4 [He is] wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded? 5 "[He is the one] who moves mountains, and they do not know [how], who overturns them in his anger.


Cross References

Job 36:5

Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}.

Job 9:19

If {it is a matter of} strength, look, [he is] mighty. But if {it is a matter of} justice, who can summon me?

Proverbs 29:1

A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.

Exodus 9:14-17

For at this time I [am] sending all of my plagues {to you personally} and among your servants and among your people so that you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

Exodus 14:17-18

And as for me, look, I [am] about to harden the heart of [the] Egyptians [so that] they come after them, and I will display my glory through Pharaoh and through all of his army, through his chariots and through his charioteers.

2 Chronicles 13:12

And look, God [is] with us at the head, and his priests [have] the trumpets for sounding blasts against you, O sons of Israel. Do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed."

Job 6:10

But it will still be my consolation, and I would recoil in {unrelenting} pain, for I have not denied [the] words of [the] Holy One.

Job 11:6

and [that] he would tell you [the] secrets of wisdom, for {insight has many sides}. And know that God {on your behalf} has forgotten {some of} your guilt.

Job 12:13

"With him [are] wisdom and powerful deeds, and to him [belong] counsel and understanding.

Job 15:23-27

"He is wandering for bread, [saying], 'Where [is it]?' He knows that a day of darkness [is] ready {at hand}.

Job 40:9

Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

Psalm 104:24

How many are your works, O Yahweh; all of them you have done in wisdom. The earth is full of your creatures.

Psalm 136:5

To [him who] made the heavens with skill, for his loyal love [endures] forever.

Proverbs 28:14

Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart, will fall into calamity.

Daniel 2:20

Daniel {said}: "Let his name, [the name] of God, be blessed {throughout the ages}, for the wisdom and the power {are his}.

Daniel 4:34-37

"But at the end of {that period}, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and [then] my reason returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and {the one who lives forever} I praised and I honored. "For his sovereignty [is] [an] everlasting sovereignty, and his kingdom [continues] from generation to generation.

Daniel 5:20-30

But {when} his heart became arrogant and his spirit became hard [so as] to act proudly, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom and the glory {was taken away from him}.

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] his judgments and [how] incomprehensible [are] his ways!

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or are we attempting to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he [is, are we]?

Ephesians 1:8

that he caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight,

Ephesians 1:19

and what [is] the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength

Ephesians 3:10

in order that the many-sided wisdom of God might be made known now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly [places] through the church,

Ephesians 3:20

Now to the one who is able to do beyond all measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at work in us,

Jude 1:24-25

Now to the one who is able to protect you from stumbling and make [you] to stand before his glory blameless with exultation,

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