Job 9:3

¹ Then Job answered and said,

² I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

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

⁴ He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

⁵ Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

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

Compare

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.

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.

Job 10:2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
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Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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1 John 3:20
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
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1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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Psalms 19:12
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
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Romans 9:20
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
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Job 9:32–33
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
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Psalms 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
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