I will say to God:\par ‘Don’t blame me!\par Tell me,\par What have I done wrong?\par What do you have against me?\par
Job 9:3 - Easy To Read Version A person can’t argue with God!\par God could ask 1,000 questions and\par no person could answer even one!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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:\par ‘Don’t blame me!\par Tell me,\par What have I done wrong?\par What do you have against me?\par
If any person can prove I am wrong,\par then I will shut up immediately.\par
Job, you are arguing with God!\par You think God should explain\par everything to you.\par
God does not need to pick a time\par to test people some more.\par God does not need to bring people\par in front of him to be judged.\par
“Job, you argued with God All-Powerful.\par You judged me guilty of doing wrong.\par Now, will you admit that you are wrong?\par Will you answer me!”\par
I spoke once,\par but I won’t speak again.\par I spoke twice,\par but I won’t say anything more.”\par
So I can’t argue with God.\par I wouldn’t know what to say to him.\par
I am innocent, but the things I say\par make me seem guilty.\par I am innocent, but if I speak\par my mouth proves me guilty.\par
\{Lord,\} no person can see all of his own mistakes.\par So don’t let me do secret sins.\par
Evil people have gathered around me.\par They are too many to count!\par My sins have caught me,\par and I can’t escape them.\par They are more than the hairs on my head.\par I have lost my courage.\par
\{Don’t ask that.\} You are only people. And people have no right to question God. A clay jar does not question the man that made it. The jar does not say, “Why did you make me like this?”
If we say that we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us.