Job 9:14

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How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'
  • Job 4:19 : 19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
  • Job 9:3 : 3 If someone desired to argue with Him, they could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
  • Job 11:4-5 : 4 For you say, 'My teaching is pure, and I have been clean in your eyes.' 5 But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,
  • Job 23:4 : 4 I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 25:6 : 6 How much less a mortal, who is but a maggot, and a human, who is only a worm!
  • Job 33:5 : 5 If you can, answer me; prepare yourself before me and take your stand.

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    15Even if I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.

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    14But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

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    32For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.

  • Job 9:1-3
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    1Then Job answered and said:

    2Truly, I know this is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

    3If someone desired to argue with Him, they could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

  • Job 13:19
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    19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

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    19If it is a matter of strength, He is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

  • Job 23:4-7
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    4I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me.

    6Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength.

    7There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

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    3But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.

  • Job 31:14
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    14what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when He calls me to account?

  • Job 40:2-5
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    76%

    2Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.

    3Then Job answered the LORD and said:

    4Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

    5I have spoken once, but I will not answer; twice, but I will say no more.

  • Job 9:34-35
    2 verses
    75%

    34Let Him remove His rod from me, and let His terror not frighten me.

    35Then I would speak without fear of Him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

  • Job 13:22
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    22Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me.

  • Job 33:12-13
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    75%

    12But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.

    13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.

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    2I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

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    4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • Job 40:8
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  • Job 34:33-34
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    33Should God repay you according to your terms, because you reject His judgment? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you understand.

    34Men of understanding declare, and the wise man who hears me says:

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    13God will not turn back His anger; even the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath Him.

  • Job 33:5
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    5If you can, answer me; prepare yourself before me and take your stand.

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  • Job 13:13-14
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    13Be silent and let me speak. Whatever happens to me, let it come!

    14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

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    3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

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    32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to justify you.

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    4You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.'

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    3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding prompts me to reply.

  • Job 32:20
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    20Let me speak so that I may find relief; let me open my lips and answer.

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    17I too will give my answer; I will express my opinion as well.

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    6Listen now to my argument and pay attention to the contentions of my lips.

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    71%

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    3Should he argue in a way that is useless and speak words that bring no benefit?

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    14But I am like a deaf man who does not hear, and like a mute man who cannot open his mouth.

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    20Should it be told to Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?