Job 41:11

“Who hath prevented me, that one should repay [him]? etc.] First given me something that was not my own, and so laid me under an obligation to him to make a return. The apostle seems to have respect to this passage, ( <451135>Romans 11:35); [whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine; the fowls of the air, the cattle on a thousand hills, the fulness of the earth; gold, silver: precious stones, etc. All things are made by him, are his property and at his dispose; and therefore no man on earth can give him what he has not a prior right unto; (see <192401>Psalm 24:1 50:10-12).”

“prevented--done Me a favor first: anticipated Me with service (Psa 21:3). None can call Me to account ("stand before Me," Job 41:10) as unjust, because I have withdrawn favors from him (as in Job's case): for none has laid Me under a prior obligation by conferring on Me something which was not already My own. What can man give to Him who possesses all, including man himself? Man cannot constrain the creature to be his "servant" (Job 41:4), much less the Creator.”

“Who hath prevented me? - As this verse is here rendered, its meaning, and the reason why it is introduced, are not very apparent. It almost looks, indeed, as if it were an interpolation, or had been introduced from some other place, and torn from its proper connection. Dr. Harris proposes to remove the principal difficulty by translating it, “Who will stand before me, yea, presumptuously? Whatsoever is beneath the whole heaven is mine. I cannot be confounded at his limbs and violence, Nor at his power, or the strength of his frame.” It may be doubted, however, whether the original will admit of this translation. Rosenmuller, Umbreit, and Noyes, unite in supposing the meaning to be, “Who has…”

“Prevented - Hath laid the first obligation upon me, for which I am indebted to him. Who can be before - hand with me in kindnesses, since all things under heaven are mine. Job 41:13”

“Who: Job 22:2, Job 22:3, Job 35:7; Psa 21:3; Rom 11:35 whatsoever: Exo 19:5; Deu 10:14; Ch1 29:11-14; Psa 24:1, Psa 50:12, Psa 115:16; Co1 10:26, Co1 10:28 Job 41:12”