Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



"If he passes through and imprisons someone {and summons the assembly}, then who can hinder him?

Does the ax boast against the one who cuts with it, or the saw magnify itself against [the] one who moves it to and fro? {As if a rod should move the one who lifts it}! {As if a staff should lift up that which is not wood}! Verse ConceptsAxesSelf ConfidenceToolsWoodInfidelity To GodSawsClubsDo Not Be ProudScoffers



I myself declared and saved, and I {proclaimed}. And there was no {strange god} among you. And you [are] my witnesses," {declares} Yahweh, "and I [am] God. Indeed, from [this] day I [am] the one, and no one can deliver from my hand. I perform, and who can {cancel it}?"

"Can you find [out] the essence of God, or can you find [out] {the ultimate limits} of Shaddai? {It is higher than the heaven}; what can you do? [It is] deeper than Sheol; what can you know? Its measure [is] longer than [the] earth and broader than [the] sea. read more.
"If he passes through and imprisons someone {and summons the assembly}, then who can hinder him?

Then Job answered Yahweh and said, "I know that you can do all [things], and [any] scheme from you will not be thwarted.

And the Lord Yahweh helps me, therefore I have not been put to shame; therefore I have set my face like flint. And I know that I shall not be ashamed; he who obtains rights for me [is] near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who [is] the master of my judgment? Let him approach me. Look! The Lord Yahweh helps me. Who is the one who will declare me guilty? Look! All of them will be worn out like a garment; [the] moth will eat them.

"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. And all the dwellers of the earth are regarded as nothing, and he does {according to} his desire in the host of heaven and [among] the dwellers of earth, and there is not [one] who can hold back his hand, or {ask him}, 'What are you doing?'

"Indeed, his eyes [are] upon [the] ways of man, and he sees all his steps. There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow where instigators of mischief might hide themselves. Indeed, he has not yet appointed [a time] for man to go to God in the judgment.

"Can you find [out] the essence of God, or can you find [out] {the ultimate limits} of Shaddai? {It is higher than the heaven}; what can you do? [It is] deeper than Sheol; what can you know? Its measure [is] longer than [the] earth and broader than [the] sea. read more.
"If he passes through and imprisons someone {and summons the assembly}, then who can hinder him? For he knows {those who are worthless}; {when he sees} iniquity, {he will not consider it}.

"Can you find [out] the essence of God, or can you find [out] {the ultimate limits} of Shaddai? {It is higher than the heaven}; what can you do? [It is] deeper than Sheol; what can you know? Its measure [is] longer than [the] earth and broader than [the] sea. read more.
"If he passes through and imprisons someone {and summons the assembly}, then who can hinder him? For he knows {those who are worthless}; {when he sees} iniquity, {he will not consider it}. But {an empty-headed person} will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born [as] a human being.

But do you want to know, O foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works [when he] offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was working together with his works, and by the works the faith was perfected.