Job 9:19
If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
In Context
18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
Cross References
Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
Job 36:17But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’
1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
Matthew Henry on Job 9:15-22
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall… Read the whole commentary →