Job 9:4, Isa 27:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. wise in heart —in understanding!—and mighty in power! God confounds the ablest arguer by His wisdom, and the mightiest by His power. hardened himself —or his neck ( ); that is, defied God. To prosper, one must fall in with God's arrangements of providence and grace.

Job 9:4

4. wise in heart—in understanding!—and mighty in power! God confounds the ablest arguer by His wisdom, and the mightiest by His power.

hardened himself—or his neck (Pr 29:1); that is, defied God. To prosper, one must fall in with God's arrangements of providence and grace.

Isaiah 27:4

4. Fury is not in me—that is, I entertain no longer anger towards my vine.

who would set . . . in battle—that is, would that I had the briers, &c. (the wicked foe; Isa 9:18; 10:17; 2Sa 23:6), before me! "I would go through," or rather, "against them."