Bible Strands
Job 9:4
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to his three friends while defending his own innocence amid unexplained suffering. He addresses God directly in a moment of distress over divine justice.
The words — חֲכַ֣ם (cha.Kham) literally means wise of heart, and כֹּ֑חַ (Ko.ach) translates to power. The text states God possesses these qualities before posing the rhetorical question about resistance.
The thread — The text asserts God's wisdom and strength before Job 36:5, Romans 11:33, and Ephesians 3:20. These references trace a consistent biblical observation of divine sovereignty.
Why it lands — The text declares that opposing God yields no advantage, requiring acknowledgment of human limitation. It demands the reader abandon self-justification and recognize divine authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Cross-references
- Job 36:5 Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Exodus 14:17 And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
- Job 9:19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
- Proverbs 29:1 A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Ephesians 3:10 His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
- Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- Exodus 9:14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12 Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”