Job 9:3
If he wants to argue with God, 1 he cannot answer him once in a thousand times. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
In Context
2“I truly know that this is so. 1 But how can a person be in the right with God? 1
Cross References
Job 9:20Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; 1 and though I am blameless, my words would prove me to be guilty. 1
Job 10:2I will say to God, 'Do not merely condemn me; 1 show me why you accuse me. 1
Job 31:35Oh, if only I had someone to hear me! 1 See, here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me! 1 If only I had the indictment that my opponent has written! 1
Job 34:14If he ever set his intentions only on himself, 1 and if he ever gathered back to himself his spirit and his breath, 1
Job 40:2“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? 1 He who argues with God, let him answer.”
Psalms 40:12Troubles that cannot be numbered surround me; 1 my iniquities have caught up with me so that I am no longer able to see anything; 1 they are more than the hairs on my head, 1 and my heart has failed me. 1
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 →