Job 9:12

NETBible

If he snatches away, 1  who can turn him back? 2  Who dares to say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

NIV ©

If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

NASB ©

"Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

NLT ©

If he sends death to snatch someone away, who can stop him? Who dares to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’

MSG ©

If he steals you blind, who can stop him? Who's going to say, 'Hey, what are you doing?'

BBE ©

If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

NRSV ©

He snatches away; who can stop him? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

NKJV ©

If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

KJV
Behold, he taketh away
<02862> (8799)_,
who can hinder
<07725> (8686)
him? who will say
<0559> (8799)
unto him, What doest
<06213> (8799)
thou? {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}
NASB ©
"Were He to snatch
<2862>
away
<2862>
, who
<4310>
could restrain
<7725>
Him? Who
<4310>
could say
<559>
to Him, 'What
<4100>
are You doing
<6213>
?'
LXXM
ean
<1437> 
CONJ
apallaxh
<525> 
V-AAS-3S
tiv
<5100> 
I-NSM
apostreqei
<654> 
V-FAI-3S
h
<2228> 
CONJ
tiv
<5100> 
I-NSM
erei {V-FAI-3S} autw
<846> 
D-DSM
ti
<5100> 
I-ASN
epoihsav
<4160> 
V-AAI-2S
NET [draft] ITL
If
<02005>
he snatches away
<02862>
, who
<04310>
can turn
<07725>
him back
<07725>
? Who
<04310>
dares to say
<0559>
to
<0413>
him, ‘What
<04100>
are you doing
<06213>
?’
HEBREW
hvet
<06213>
hm
<04100>
wyla
<0413>
rmay
<0559>
ym
<04310>
wnbysy
<07725>
ym
<04310>
Ptxy
<02862>
Nh (9:12)
<02005>
NETBible

If he snatches away, 1  who can turn him back? 2  Who dares to say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

NET Notes

1 tn E. Dhorme (Job, 133) surveys the usages and concludes that the verb חָתַף (khataf) normally describes the wicked actions of a man, especially by treachery or trickery against another. But a verb חָתַף (khataf) is found nowhere else; a noun “robber” is found in Prov 23:28. Dhorme sees no reason to emend the text, because he concludes that the two verbs are synonymous. Job is saying that if God acts like a plunderer, there is no one who can challenge what he does.

2 tn The verb is the Hiphil imperfect (potential again) from שׁוּב (shuv). In this stem it can mean “turn back, refute, repel” (BDB 999 s.v. Hiph.5).