I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
Job 9:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If he will contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If one should want to contend with Him, he cannot answer one [of His questions] in a thousand. American Standard Version (1901) If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand. Common English Bible If one wants to contend with him, he won’t answer one in a thousand. Catholic Public Domain Version If he chooses to contend with him, he is not able to respond to him once out of a thousand times. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand. |
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond.”
I have spoken once, and I will not answer, twice but will proceed no further.”
Though I am innocent, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
For evils have encompassed me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me until I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.
But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.