Job 9:1–4

JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD

9 Then Job answered:

2 Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,

but how can a person be justified before God?ac

3 If one wanted to takead him to court,

he could not answer GodE once in a thousand times.a

4 God is wiseb and all-powerful.

Who has opposed him and come out unharmed?

ac	Job 25:4 Ps 143:2 Ro 3:20
ad	Job 13:19 Job 33:13 Job 40:2
E	Or court, God would not answer him
a	Job 9:14 Job 37:19 Job 40:2
b	Job 11:6 Job 12:13 Job 36:5