For they all know that my disaster has come from the hand of the Lord.
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?
- BSB Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done 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,
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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 41:20that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
- Jer 27:5–6‘I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
- Rom 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
- Dan 9:17Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
- 1 Sam 2:7Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.
- Acts 19:35When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
- Deut 8:17–18and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”
- Jas 2:5–7Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
- Dan 5:18You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
- Job 12:3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?
- Job 22:18Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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