Job 17:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 17:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 17:4 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 17:4 — KJV
“For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.”
— Job 17:4 (KJV)
Job 17:4 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 17:4
“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. to shew...: or, strongly to hold with them, etc”
Shares key themes with Job 17:4: hast, heart, therefore
“And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. comfort: Heb. stay are...: Heb. you have passed”
Shares key themes with Job 17:4: hast, heart, therefore
“Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. that thou...: Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me”
Shares key themes with Job 17:4: hast, therefore, shalt
“Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:4: hast, heart, shalt
“In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.”
Shares key themes with Job 17:4: hast, hid, shalt
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