Things Men “Could” Not Do.

Drink.

Exodus 7:21 

The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt.

Exodus 7:24 

And all the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water, because they could not drink the water of the river.

Exodus 15:23 

When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.)

Psalms 78:44 

He turned their rivers to blood; they could not drink from their streams.

Bring lice in Egypt.

Exodus 8:18 

But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. And the gnats were on men and animals.

Stand before Moses.

Exodus 9:11 

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians.

Drive them out.

Joshua 15:63 

Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.

Judges 1:19 

The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had iron chariots.

Joshua 17:12 

Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region.