Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him? New Living Translation “So who am I, that I should try to answer God or even reason with him? English Standard Version How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him? Berean Standard Bible How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him? King James Bible How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? New King James Version “How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him? New American Standard Bible “How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him? NASB 1995 “How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him? NASB 1977 “How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him? Legacy Standard Bible How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him? Amplified Bible “How can I answer Him [and plead my case], Choosing my words [to reason] with Him? Christian Standard Bible How then can I answer him or choose my arguments against him? Holman Christian Standard Bible How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him? American Standard Version How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him? Contemporary English Version How, then, could I possibly argue my case with God? English Revised Version How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? GOD'S WORD® Translation "How can I possibly answer God? How can I find the right words [to speak] with him? Good News Translation So how can I find words to answer God? International Standard Version So how am I to answer him, choosing what I am to say to him? Majority Standard Bible How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him? NET Bible "How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him! New Heart English Bible How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him? Webster's Bible Translation How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? World English Bible How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHow much less do I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him? Young's Literal Translation How much less do I -- I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him? Smith's Literal Translation How much less shall I answer him, shall I choose my words with him? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhat am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him? Catholic Public Domain Version what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him? New American Bible How then could I give him any answer, or choose out arguments against him! New Revised Standard Version How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI will answer him also, and choose out my words in his presence. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Also I shall answer him and I shall set my words in order before him OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917How much less shall I answer Him, And choose out my arguments with Him? Brenton Septuagint Translation Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: How Can I Argue with God?…13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him. 14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him? 15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.… Cross References Isaiah 40:17-18 All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. / To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? Romans 9:20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? Psalm 8:4 what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? Ecclesiastes 6:10 Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he. Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Romans 11:33-34 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” Psalm 144:3-4 O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? / Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. 1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength. Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Psalm 39:5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah 1 Corinthians 2:14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. Psalm 143:2 Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You. 1 Peter 1:24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, Psalm 90:3-4 You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.” / For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night. Treasury of Scripture How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? How much Job 4:19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? Job 25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? 1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? shall I Job 11:4,5 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes… choose Job 23:4,7 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments… Job 33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. Jump to Previous Argue Argument Arguments Choose Choosing Dispute Find Less Reason Right Strive Using WordsJump to Next Argue Argument Arguments Choose Choosing Dispute Find Less Reason Right Strive Using WordsJob 9 1. Job acknowledges God's justice22. Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions How then This phrase introduces a rhetorical question, emphasizing Job's sense of inadequacy and humility before God. The Hebrew word "אֵיךְ" (eikh) conveys a sense of wonder and perplexity. Job is reflecting on the vast difference between human and divine wisdom. In the context of the ancient Near Eastern culture, where wisdom literature often explored the limits of human understanding, Job's question underscores the futility of human attempts to fully grasp God's ways. can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Howאַ֭ף (’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though then כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction can I אָנֹכִ֣י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I answer Him אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ (’e·‘ĕ·nen·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond or choose אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה (’eḇ·ḥă·rāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 977: To try, select my arguments דְבָרַ֣י (ḏə·ḇā·ray) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause against Him? עִמּֽוֹ׃ (‘im·mōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with Links Job 9:14 NIVJob 9:14 NLT Job 9:14 ESV Job 9:14 NASB Job 9:14 KJV Job 9:14 BibleApps.com Job 9:14 Biblia Paralela Job 9:14 Chinese Bible Job 9:14 French Bible Job 9:14 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 9:14 How much less shall I answer him (Jb) |
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