Job 9:14

Modern English Version

“How, then, can I myself answer Him, and choose my words to reason with Him?

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If you can answer me, set your words in order before me; stand up.

how much less man, who is a maggot? And the son of man, who is a worm?”

There the righteous might dispute with Him; so would I be delivered forever from my Judge.

I would present my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

If one would dispute with Him, he cannot answer Him once in a thousand times.

Even more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less can this house that I have built?

“For He is not a man as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment.

“Teach us what we will say to Him, for we cannot prepare our speech because of the darkness.