3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.


In Context

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 I know it to be so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

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

4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

5 Who removeth the mountains, and they know not: who overturneth them in his anger.

Job 9:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:3Though one wished to dispute with him, he could not answer him one time out of a thousand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:3If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:3If he be pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:3If he delight to strive with Him — He doth not answer him one of a thousand.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.