Job 9:1

Job: How Can I Contend with God?

1 Then Job answered:

Job 9:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 9:1

Then Job answered and said.
] Without taking notice of Bildad's harsh expressions and severe censures, or his unfriendliness to him; he enters directly into the argument, grants some things, confutes others, and defends himself and his conduct.

Job 9:1 In-Context

1 Then Job answered:

2 “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

3 If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

5 He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.