Job 9:3
If he delight to strive with Him — He doth not answer him one of a thousand.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
In Context
2Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what — is man righteous with God?
4Wise in heart and strong in power — Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?
Cross References
Job 9:20If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.
Job 10:2I say unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.
Job 31:35Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.
Job 34:14If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.
Job 40:2Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
Psalms 40:12For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken 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 →