Job 9:3
If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
In Context
2I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?
Cross References
Job 9:20If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.
Job 10:2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.
Job 31:35Oh that I had some to heare me! beholde my signe that the Almightie will witnesse for me: though mine aduersary should write a booke against me,
Job 34:14If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath,
Job 40:2Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
Psalms 40:12For innumerable troubles haue compassed mee: my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me, that I am not able to looke vp: yea, they are moe in nomber then the heares of mine head: therefore mine heart hath failed 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 →