Job 9:3
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
In Context
2Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace ?
Cross References
Job 9:20If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so.
Job 31:35Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,
Job 34:14If he turn his heart to him, he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself.
Job 40:2Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
Psalms 40:12Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me : thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld 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 →