Job 9:19
Good News Translation
Should I try force? Try force on God? Should I take him to court? Could anyone make him go?

New Revised Standard Version
If it is a contest of strength, he is the strong one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?

Contemporary English Version
God is much stronger than I am, and who would call me into court to give me justice?

New American Bible
If it be a question of strength, he is mighty; or of judgment, who will call him to account?

Douay-Rheims Bible
If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.

he is strong.

Job 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Job 36:17-19 Thy cause hath been judged as that of the wicked, cause and judgment thou shalt recover. . . .

Job 40:9,10 And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him? . . .

Psalm 62:11 God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power belongeth to God,

Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.

1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men: and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1 Corinthians 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient.

who shall

Job 9:32,33 For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment. . . .

Job 31:35 Who would grant me a hearing, that the Almighty may hear my desire: and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,

Job 33:5-7 If thou canst, answer me, and stand up against my face. . . .

Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
18He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness. 19If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.20If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.…
Cross References
Job 9:4
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?

Job 9:33
There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.

Job 9:18
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