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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 © biblegateway Job 9:12	If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
NASB © biblegateway Job 9:12	"Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
NLT © biblegateway Job 9:12	If he sends death to snatch someone away, who can stop him? Who dares to ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
MSG © biblegateway Job 9:12	If he steals you blind, who can stop him? Who's going to say, 'Hey, what are you doing?'
BBE © SABDAweb Job 9:12	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 © bibleoremus Job 9:12	He snatches away; who can stop him? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
NKJV © biblegateway Job 9:12	If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
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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 © biblegateway Job 9:12	"Were He to snatch <02862> away <02862> , who <04310> could restrain <07725> Him? Who <04310> could say <0559> to Him, 'What <04100> are You doing <06213> ?'
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

¹tn 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.

²tn 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).