Job 9:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
  • Job 9:32-33 : 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. 33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.
  • 1 Cor 1:25 : 25 Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?
  • Job 31:35 : 35 If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!
  • Job 33:5-7 : 5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward. 6 See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth. 7 Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.
  • Job 36:17-19 : 17 ... 18 ... 19 ...
  • Job 40:9-9 : 9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation. 10 See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 13:18-19
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    18 See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

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

  • Job 23:4-7
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    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.

  • Job 9:32-33
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    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.

    33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.

  • 20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

  • Job 9:14-16
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    78%

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

    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.

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

  • Job 9:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

    4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

  • Job 40:8-9
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    77%

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

    9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

  • Job 19:7-8
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    7 Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

    8 My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.

  • 12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

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

  • 18 He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

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

  • 8 He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.

  • 10 Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.

  • 29 You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

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

  • Job 6:10-13
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    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.

    11 Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

    12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?

    13 I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

  • 10 If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

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

  • 15 That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

  • Job 33:12-13
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    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?

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • 23 There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

  • 5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

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

  • 3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

  • 27 If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

  • 21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

  • 24 The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

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