Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{How much less} can I myself answer him? [How] can I choose my words with him,
New American Standard Bible
And choose my words
King James Version
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
Holman Bible
or choose my arguments against Him?
International Standard Version
So how am I to answer him, choosing what I am to say to him?
A Conservative Version
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words [to reason] with him?
American Standard Version
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?
Amplified
“How can I answer Him [and plead my case],
Choosing my words [to reason] with Him?
Bible in Basic English
How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?
Darby Translation
How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words to strive with him?
Julia Smith Translation
How much less shall I answer him, shall I choose my words with him?
King James 2000
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
Modern King James verseion
How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my arguments with Him?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How should I then answer him? Or what words should I find out 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?
The Emphasized Bible
How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words with him?
Webster
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
World English Bible
How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?
Youngs Literal Translation
How much less do I -- I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
13 God will not turn back his anger; beneath him the helpers of Rahab bow. 14 {How much less} can I myself answer him? [How] can I choose my words with him, 15 whom I cannot answer, even though I am righteous? From my judge I must implore grace.
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 8:27
For will God really dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens could not contain you! {How could} this house that I have built?
Job 4:19
How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth.
Job 9:3
If he wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one [time] in a thousand.
Job 11:4-5
For you say, 'My teaching [is] pure, and I am clean in your sight.'
Job 23:4
I would lay [my] case {before him}, and I would fill my mouth [with] arguments
Job 23:7
There an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Job 25:6
{How much less} for a human being [who is] a maggot, and {a human} [who is] a worm?"
Job 33:5
"If you are able, answer me. Present [your argument] {before me}; take your stand.