Job 9:14
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out words to contend with him?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
In Context
13God will not turn away his anger; The proud helpers are brought low before him.
15Though I were innocent, I would not answer him; I would cast myself on the mercy of my judge.
Cross References
Job 4:19What then are they who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who crumble to pieces, as if moth-eaten!
Job 9:32For He is not a man, as I am, that I may contend with him, And that we may go together into judgment;
Job 23:4I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
Job 25:6How much less, man, a worm; And the son of man, a reptile!
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 →