Bible verse
If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
Job 9:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 9.
15 For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16 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.
19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
KJV
If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
ASV
If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me?
ERV
If we speak of the strength of the mighty, lo, he is there! and if of judgment, who will appoint me a time?
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