Job 9:4

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength . The sense is strengthened if we omit "he is," and render, Wise in heart, and mighty in strength , who hath hardened ' etc.? God's combination of perfect wisdom with infinite strength renders it hopeless for any man to contend with him. Who hath hardened himself against him; and hath prospered? Job fully admits the wisdom of all that Eliphaz ( Job 4:17 ) and Bildad ( Job 8:3-6 ) have said, or hinted, with respect to his inability wholly to justify himself. No one has ever taken this line of absolute self-justification, and prospered.