King James Version
Job 41:11 in the King James Version says “Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.” — study this verse from Job chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.”
Job 41:11 · KJV
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
None is so fierce that dare stir him up : who then is able to stand before me?
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power , nor his comely proportion.
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? with: or, within
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who hath prevented”
H6923to project (one self), i.e., precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
“me that I should repay”
H7999to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“him whatsoever is under the whole heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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