Job 41:11

11 Who has come to confront me, that I should repay [him]? Under all the heavens, {it belongs to me}.

Job 41:11 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:11

Who hath prevented me, that one should repay [him]?
&c.] First given me something that was not my own, and so laid me under an obligation to him to make a return. The apostle seems to have respect to this passage, ( Romans 11:35 ) ;

[whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine;
the fowls of the air, the cattle on a thousand hills, the fulness of the earth; gold, silver: precious stones All things are made by him, are his property and at his dispose; and therefore no man on earth can give him what he has not a prior right unto; see ( Psalms 24:1 ) ( 50:10-12 ) .

Job 41:11 In-Context

9 "Look, {the hope of capturing it} is false. Will one be hurled down even at its sight?

10 [Is] it not fierce when somebody stirs it? Who [then] [is] he [who] would stand {before it}?

11 Who has come to confront me, that I should repay [him]? Under all the heavens, {it belongs to me}.

12 "I will not keep quiet [concerning] its limbs or concerning [the] extent of its might and [the] gracefulness of its frame.

13 Who can strip off {its outer covering}? Who can penetrate its double harness?

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "and"
• [b] Literally "to me"