Job 9:3
If he is pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
In Context
2Of a truth I know that it is so. But how can man be just with God?
4[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Cross References
Job 9:20Though I be righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Job 10:2I will say to God, Do not condemn me. Show me why thou contend with me.
Job 31:35O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!
Job 34:14If he sets his heart upon himself, [if] he gathers his spirit and his breath to himself,
Job 40:2Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.
Psalms 40:12for innumerable evils have encompassed me around. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:2-14
Job's Reply to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth… Read the whole commentary →