Job 9:3

¹ Then Job answered:

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

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.

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Sammenlign

ÅB: Om han hadde lyst til å gå i rette med Gud, kunne han ikke svare ham ett til tusen.
OTB: Hvis noen ønsket å stride med Ham,
kunne de ikke svare Ham én gang av tusen.
B1930: Om han hadde lyst til å gå i rette med Gud, kunde han ikke svare ham ett til tusen.

BSB: If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
KJV: If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
WEB: If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
ASV: If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
DARBY: If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
BLB: If one was delighted to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one [time] out of a thousand.

Job 10:2
I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
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Job 40:2
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
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1 John 3:20
Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
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1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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Psalms 19:12
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
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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 did You make me like this?”
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Job 9:32–33
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
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Psalms 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.
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