King James Version

Job 41:11

Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 41:3.

מִ֣יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.הִ֭קְדִּימַנִיhiqdimanimeetקָדַםverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “meet”, a completed actionH6923to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)come (go, (flee)) before, [phrase] disappoint, meet, prevent.וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֑םvaashalemand make amendsשָׁלַםconjunction, verb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and make amends”, an unfinished actionH7999to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] s…תַּ֖חַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַשָּׁמַ֣יִםhashamayimthe heavenשָׁמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).לִיlitoלִיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toהֽוּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(41-3) Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Young’s Literal Translation

Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it [is] mine.

World English Bible

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

Darby Translation

Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.

Douay-Rheims

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(41-3) Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole world under heaven is mine?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί μοι, καὶ ὑπομενεῖ; εἰ πᾶσα ἡ ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν ἐμή ἐστιν,