11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
11 Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
11 Who could confront me and get by with it? I'm in charge of all this - I run this universe!
11 Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
11 Who has given me anything that I need to pay back? Everything under heaven is mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.
12 If I get hungry, do you think I'd tell you? All creation and its bounty are mine.
12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is mine and everything in it.
(Read Psalm 50:7-15)
To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any form. God demands the heart, and how can human inventions please him, when repentance, faith, and holiness are neglected? In the day of distress we must apply to the Lord by fervent prayer. Our troubles, though we see them coming from God's hand, must drive us to him, not drive us from him. We must acknowledge him in all our ways, depend upon his wisdom, power, and goodness, and refer ourselves wholly to him, and so give him glory. Thus must we keep up communion with God; meeting him with prayers under trials, and with praises in deliverances. A believing supplicant shall not only be graciously answered as to his petition, and so have cause for praising God, but shall also have grace to praise him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:11
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Concerning Leviathan.
The description of the Leviathan, is yet further to convince Job of his own weakness, and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan be a whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The Lord, having showed Job how unable he was to deal with the Leviathan, sets forth his own power in that mighty creature. If such language describes the terrible force of Leviathan, what words can express the power of God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and fill our allotted place, cease from our own wisdom, and give all glory to our gracious God and Saviour. Remembering from whom every good gift cometh, and for what end it was given, let us walk humbly with the Lord.