Job 9:16

¹⁴ How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

¹⁵ For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

¹⁷ For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

¹⁸ He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
KJV: If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
WEB: If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
ASV: If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
DARBY: If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice,
BLB: If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He gives ear [to] my voice—

ÅB: Om jeg ropte, og han svarte meg, kunne jeg ikke tro at han hørte min røst,
OTB: Hvis jeg ropte og Han svarte meg,
ville jeg ikke tro at Han var oppmerksom på min stemme.
B1930: Om jeg ropte, og han svarte mig, kunde jeg ikke tro at han hørte min røst,

Exodus 6:9
Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
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Psalms 66:18–20
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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Luke 24:41
While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
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Job 29:24
If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
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Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
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Judges 6:13
“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
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Acts 12:14–16
When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
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Psalms 126:1
When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
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