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Job 9:14–15

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14pHow then can I qanswer him,

choosing my words with him?

15rThough I am in the right, I cannot answer him;

I must sappeal for mercy to my accuser.1

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or to my judge

Cross references

  1. pch. 15:16
  2. qver. 3
  3. rch. 10:15
  4. sch. 8:5

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“How then can I dispute with him?

How can I find words to argue with him?

Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;

I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How then can I answer him

or choose my arguments against him?

Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.

I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

NLTNew Living Translation

“So who am I, that I should try to answer God

or even reason with him?

Even if I were right, I would have no defense.

I could only plead for mercy.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How much less can I myself answer him?

How can I choose my words with him,

whom I cannot answer, even though I am righteous?

From my judge I must implore grace.

KJV 1900King James Version

How much less shall I answer him,

And choose out my words to reason with him?

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer,

But I would make supplication to my judge.