Job 9:3

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

Job 9:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
ESV
3 If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
NLT
3 If someone wanted to take God to court, would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?
MSG
3 If we wanted to bring our case before him, what chance would we have? Not one in a thousand!
CSB
3 If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand [times].

Job 9:3 In-Context

1 Then Job replied:
2 “Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
3 Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
4 His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
5 He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.

Cross References 2

  • 1. ver 32; Job 40:5
  • 2. ver 12,14,29,32; Job 10:2; Job 12:14; Job 13:9,14; Job 22:4; Job 23:7,13; Job 37:19; Job 40:2; Psalms 44:21; Isaiah 14:24
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