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Job 11:10

Job 11:10
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

If he cut off,.... The horns, power, dominion, and authority of the wicked; or the spirits of princes, or kingdoms and states, whole nations, as he did the seven nations of Canaan; or families, as…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

If he cut off - Margin, “Make a change.” But neither of these phrases properly expresses the sense of the original. The whole image here is probably that of arresting a criminal and bringing him to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 11:7-12

Zophar here speaks very good things concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly: these two compared together, and duly considered, will have a powerful…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

This omniscience in its operation among sinful men.

If he cut off if he pass by. Zophar uses Job's own word and illustration, ch. Job 9:11 (passeth on).

and shut up i. e. arrest, and put in ward.

or…