Bible verse
If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Job 9:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 9.
1 Then Job answered:
2 “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
3 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.
6 He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
KJV
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
ASV
If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
ERV
If he be pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
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