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Job 9

Job 9:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hea is wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
in heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
, and mighty
'ammiyts (Hebrew #533)
from 553; strong or (abstractly) strength
KJV usage: courageous, mighty, strong (one).
Pronounce: am-meets'
Origin: or (shortened) ammits {am-meets'}
in strength
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
: who hath hardened
qashah (Hebrew #7185)
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
KJV usage: be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).
Pronounce: kaw-shaw'
Origin: a primitive root
himself against him, and hath prospered
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
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Jude 24• 24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, (Jude 24)
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wise in heart.
Job 9:19• 19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? (Job 9:19)
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Job 36:5• 5Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. (Job 36:5)
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Psa. 104:24• 24O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. (Psa. 104:24)
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Psa. 136:5• 5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:5)
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Dan. 2:20• 20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: (Dan. 2:20)
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Dan. 4:34‑37• 34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
 35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
 36At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honor and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:34‑37)
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Rom. 11:33• 33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! (Rom. 11:33)
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Eph. 1:8,19• 8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
 19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, (Eph. 1:8,19)
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Eph. 3:10,20• 10To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
 20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph. 3:10,20)
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Jude 24‑25• 24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
 25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. (Jude 24‑25)
who hath hardened.
Job 6:10• 10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. (Job 6:10)
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Job 15:23‑27• 23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
 24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
 25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
 26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
 27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. (Job 15:23‑27)
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Job 40:9• 9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? (Job 40:9)
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Ex. 9:14‑17• 14For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
 15For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
 16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
 17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? (Ex. 9:14‑17)
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Ex. 14:17‑18• 17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
 18And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. (Ex. 14:17‑18)
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Prov. 28:14• 14Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. (Prov. 28:14)
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Prov. 29:1• 1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)
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Dan. 5:20‑30• 20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
 21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
 22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
 23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
 24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
 25And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
 26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
 27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
 28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
 29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
 30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. (Dan. 5:20‑30)
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1 Cor. 10:22• 22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? (1 Cor. 10:22)
• It is not one presuming in all lowliness to ask God for a reason, as Jeremiah under similar circumstances does (Jer. 12:1-4), but rather the hardness of despair—might is right; and God has might on His side. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peaceb?

JND Translation Notes

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Or "hath prospered."