Job 9:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
  • Job 9:3 : 3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.
  • Job 11:4-5 : 4 You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes. 5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;
  • Job 23:4 : 4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
  • Job 25:6 : 6 How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
  • Job 33:5 : 5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 9:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    15 Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

    16 If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

  • 14 I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

  • 32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

  • Job 9:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1 And Job made answer and said,

    2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

    3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

  • 19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • 19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

  • Job 23:4-7
    4 verses
    76%

    4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.

    5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

    6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • 3 But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

  • 14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

  • Job 40:2-5
    4 verses
    76%

    2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

    3 Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

    4 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

    5 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

  • Job 9:34-35
    2 verses
    75%

    34 Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

    35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

  • 22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

    13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

  • 2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • 4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • Job 34:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    33 ...

    34 Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say,

  • 13 God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

  • 5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

  • 3 May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

  • Job 13:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

  • 3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • 1 Then Job made answer and said,

  • 32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

  • 1 And Job made answer and said,

  • 4 Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • 10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • 3 I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

  • 20 Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

  • 17 I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:

  • 6 Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

  • 4 Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

  • 3 Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?

  • 5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • 1 And Job made answer and said,

  • 14 So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

  • 20 How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?