Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
Parallel translations
- WEB Who doesn’t know that in all these, Yahweh’s hand has done this,
- KJV Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
- NKJV Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this,
- NASB “Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this,
- NLT For they all know that my disaster has come from the hand of the Lord.
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Quick answer
Job asks who does not know that Yahweh's hand has made and ordered all this. He affirms God's universal sovereignty as common knowledge.
Overview
Job declares that every creature testifies that the LORD's hand has done all things, using the covenant name Yahweh, rare in Job. The verse confesses God as the sovereign Maker and Sustainer of all life. Such universal lordship belongs to the triune God and is exercised through the Son, by whom all things hold together (John 1:3; Hebrews 1:3).
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 41:20so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
- Jer 27:5–6By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Rom 11:36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
- Dan 9:17So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
- 1 Sam 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Acts 19:35Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
- Deut 8:17–18You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
- Jas 2:5–7Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- Dan 5:18As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
- Job 12:3But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
- Job 22:18But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
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