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Job 9:3

If he will contend with him,

He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

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Job 9:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

Though they wished to dispute with him,

they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.

Job 9:3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

If one wished to contend with him,

one could not answer him once in a thousand times.

Job 9:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

If someone wanted to take God to court,

would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?

Job 9:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

If one wished to contend with Him,

He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

Job 9:3 — New Century Version (NCV)

Someone might want to argue with God,

but no one could answer God,

not one time out of a thousand.

Job 9:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

If he be pleased to contend with him,

He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Job 9:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.

Job 9:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

If he wished to debate with God, 

he wouldn’t be able to answer one question in a thousand. 

Job 9:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

If one wanted to take Him to court,

he could not answer God once in a thousand times.

Job 9:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

If one wished to contend with him,

one could not answer him once in a thousand.

Job 9:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

If he wants to contend with him,

he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

Job 9:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

They might wish to argue with him.

But they couldn’t answer him

even once in a thousand times.

Job 9:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

If one wished to dispute with Him,

He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.


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