Tree of Life Version
Job 9:3
3If anyone wished to contend with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand.
Job 9:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
- New International Version (NIV)Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Context of Job 9:3
1Job responded and said: 2“Truly I know it is so, but how can one be righteous before God? If anyone wished to contend with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand. 4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and come out whole? 5“He who moves mountains, yet they do not know it, who overthrows them in His anger;
Read all of Job 9Job 9:3 word by word
אִם־יַ֭חְפֹּץ לָרִ֣יב עִמּ֑וֹ לֹֽא־יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ אַחַ֥ת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 9:3
- Job 9:20Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me. If I were guiltless, it will declare me perverse.
- Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.’
- Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him; if only I could go to His dwelling.
- Job 31:35O, that I had someone to hear me! Look, here is my signature, let Shaddai answer me, let the accuser write the indictment!
- Job 33:13Why do you contend against Him that He does not answer all His words.
- Job 34:14“If He were to set His heart on it, and gather to Himself His Ruach and breath,
- Job 40:2“Will the one who contends with Shaddai correct him? Let him who accuses God answer!”
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the High and Exalted One who inhabits eternity, whose Name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, yet also with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Romans 9:20But who in the world are you, O man, who talks back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
- Psalms 19:12Moreover by them Your servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.
- Psalms 40:12Adonai, do not withhold Your compassions from me. Let Your mercy and Your truth always protect me.
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 3:20whenever our heart condemns us. For God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Commentaries on Job 9:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3If he will contend with him - God is so holy, and his law so strict, that if he will enter into judgment with his creatures, the most upright of them cannot be justified in his sight. One of a thousand - Of a thousand offenses of which he may be accused he cannot vindicate himself even in one. How little that any man does, even in the way of righteousness, truth, and mercy, can stand the penetrating eye of a just and holy God, when all motives, feelings…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3If he will contend with him - That is, if God enters into a controversy with man. If he chooses to charge crime on him, and to hold him responsible for his deeds. The language here is taken from courts of justice, and means that if a trial were instituted, where God should submit charges, and the matter were left to adjudication, man could not answer the charges against him; compare the notes at Isaiah 41:1. He cannot answer him one of a thousand - For…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3If one wished to contend with God: Job later wished to meet God in court (13:3, 15, 23; 23:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. If he--God will contend with him--literally, "deign to enter into judgment." he cannot answer, &c.--He (man) would not dare, even if he had a thousand answers in readiness to one question of God's, to utter one of them, from awe of His Majesty.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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