Job 9:4
Good News Translation
God is so wise and powerful; no one can stand up against him.

New Revised Standard Version
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength —who has resisted him, and succeeded?—

Contemporary English Version
God is wise and powerful--who could possibly oppose him and win?

New American Bible
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has withstood him and remained whole?

Douay-Rheims Bible
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

wise in heart

Job 9:19 If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.

Job 36:5 God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.

Psalm 104:24 How great are thy works, O Lord ? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

Psalm 136:5 Who made the heavens in understanding: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Daniel 2:20 And speaking, he said: Blessed be the name of the Lord from eternity and for evermore: for wisdom and fortitude are his.

Daniel 4:34-37 Therefore I, Nabuchodonosor, do now praise, and magnify, and glorify the King of heaven: because all his works are true, and his ways judgments, and them that walk in pride he is able to abase. . . .

Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

Ephesians 1:8,19 Which hath superabounded in us, in all wisdom and prudence, . . .

Ephesians 3:10,20 That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church, . . .

Jude 1:24,25 Now to him who is able to preserve you without sin and to present you spotless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: . . .

who hath hardened

Job 6:10 And that this may be my comfort, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare not, nor I contradict the words of the Holy one.

Job 15:23-27 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. . . .

Job 40:9 And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Exodus 9:14-17 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayst know that there is none like me in all the earth. . . .

Exodus 14:17,18 And I will harden the heart of the Egyptians to pursue you: and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and in his chariots and in his horsemen. . . .

Proverbs 28:14 Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind shall fall into evil.

Proverbs 29:1 The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him.

Daniel 5:20-30 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto pride, he was put down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory was taken away. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient.

Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand. 4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?5Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 13:12
Therefore God is the leader in our army, and his priests who sound with trumpets, and resound against you: O children of Israel, fight not against the Lord the God of your fathers, for it is not good for you.

Job 9:19
If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.

Job 11:6
That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth.

Job 12:13
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Job 23:6
I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.

Job 24:22
He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.

Job 25:2
Power and terror are with him, who maketh peace in his high places.

Job 28:23
God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth the place thereof.

Job 37:23
We cannot find him worthily: he is great in strength, and in judgment, and in justice, and he is ineffable.

Job 38:36
Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding?

Job 38:37
Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep?

Proverbs 29:1
The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him.

Jeremiah 50:24
I have caused thee to fall into a snare, and thou art taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware of it: thou art found and caught, because thou hast provoked the Lord.

Job 9:3
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