Job 9:1

Job Says There Is No Arbitrator between God and Man

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 "In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God?
3 "If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
4 "Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm?
5 "It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger;

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "answered and said"
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