Job 9:14–15
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14How then can I answer Him
or choose my arguments against Him?
15Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.
I could only beg my Judge for mercy. x
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
How then can I answer him,
choosing my words with him?
Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him;
I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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.
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