New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 9:2-12

2“In truth I know that this is so; But how can a 1man be in the right 2before God?3If one wished to 3dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.4 4Wise in heart and 5mighty in strength, Who has 6 7defied Him 8without harm?5 9It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger;6Who 10shakes the earth out of its place, And its 11pillars tremble;7Who commands the 12sun 13not to shine, And sets a seal upon the stars;8Who alone 14stretches out the heavens And 15 16tramples down the waves of the sea;9Who makes the 17Bear, Orion and the Pleiades, And the 18chambers of the south;10Who 19does great things, 20unfathomable, And wondrous works without number.11Were He to pass by me, 21I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.12Were He to snatch away, who could 22restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘23What are You doing?’

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Notes

1. Job 9:2 Job 4:17; 25:4 ↩
2. Job 9:2 Lit with ↩
3. Job 9:3 Job 10:2; 13:19; 23:6; 40:2 ↩
4. Job 9:4 Job 11:6; 12:13; 28:23; 38:36, 37 ↩
5. Job 9:4 Job 9:19; 23:6 ↩
6. Job 9:4 Lit stiffened his neck against ↩
7. Job 9:4 2 Chr 13:12; Prov 29:1 ↩
8. Job 9:4 Lit and remained safe ↩
9. Job 9:5 Job 9:5-10; 26:6-14; 41:11 ↩
10. Job 9:6 Is 2:19, 21; 13:13; Hag 2:6 ↩
11. Job 9:6 Ps 75:3 ↩
12. Job 9:7 Is 13:10; Ezek 32:7, 8 ↩
13. Job 9:7 Lit and it does not shine ↩
14. Job 9:8 Gen 1:1; Job 37:18; Ps 104:2; Is 40:22 ↩
15. Job 9:8 Lit treads upon the heights of ↩
16. Job 9:8 Job 38:16; Ps 77:19 ↩
17. Job 9:9 Job 38:31, 32; Amos 5:8 ↩
18. Job 9:9 Job 37:9 ↩
19. Job 9:10 Job 5:9 ↩
20. Job 9:10 Lit until there is no searching out ↩
21. Job 9:11 Job 23:8, 9; 35:14 ↩
22. Job 9:12 Job 10:7; 11:10 ↩
23. Job 9:12 Is 45:9 ↩

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