Job 9:3
If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
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he will contend

Job 9:20, 32, 33
Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty. . . .

Job 10:2
I will say to God: 'Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.'

Job 23:3-7
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. . . .

Job 31:35-37
Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature--let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose His indictment. . . .

Job 33:13
Why do you contend with Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

Job 34:14, 15
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, . . .

Job 40:2
"Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer."

Isaiah 57:15, 16
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble of spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite. . . .

Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?"

he cannot

Psalm 19:12
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

Psalm 40:12
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 3:20
If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand times.

International Standard Version
If one were to seek to argue with him, he won't be able to answer him even once in a thousand times.

NET Bible
If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
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