Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 41:11

"Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine." — Job 41:11 (ASV)

Who hath prevented me? —It is manifest that this appeal would come more appropriately at the end of the following detailed description than, as it does here, just before it. “Who hath prevented me,” etc., of course means, Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him?