Job 9:3

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Summary

Job 9:3

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

He will contend

He cannot

Bible References

He will contend

“Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!

“Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my signature;

Let the Almighty answer me!

And the indictment which my adversary has written,

“Why do you complain against Him
That He does not give an account of all His doings?

“If He should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves God answer it.”

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who

lives forever, whose name is Holy,

“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?

He cannot

Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.