Job 9:3
If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
In Context
2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
Cross References
Job 9:20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
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 34:14If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
Psalms 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within 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 →