Job 41:11

What does Job 41:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 41:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

v.11This passage

v.12I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 10:14

    Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:26

    for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

  • Psalms 50:12

    If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

  • Job 22:2

    Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

  • Romans 11:35

    or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11

    Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.

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