Job 9:32

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

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  • Eccl 6:10 : 10 Whatever exists has already been given its name, and it is known what mankind is; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?'
  • Num 23:19 : 19 'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?'
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD told Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not see as man sees; man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
  • Job 13:18-23 : 18 See now, I have prepared my case; I know I will be vindicated. 19 Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish. 20 Only grant me these two things, so that I will not hide myself from You: 21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me. 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me. 23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal my transgression and my sin to me.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling. 4 I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me. 6 Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength. 7 There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 33:12 : 12 But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.
  • Job 35:5-7 : 5 Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. 6 If you sin, what do you accomplish against God? Even if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? 7 If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
  • 1 John 3:20 : 20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker, like a piece of pottery among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?
  • Jer 49:19 : 19 Look, like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a permanent pasture, I will suddenly chase Edom from its land, and I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For who is like me, and who can summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 9:33-35
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    33There is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

    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 33:12-13
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    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.

  • Job 9:14-16
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    14How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.

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

    16If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.

  • Job 32:13-14
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    13Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’

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

  • Job 9:19
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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 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 23:5-7
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    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.

  • Job 40:8
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    8Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

  • Job 14:3
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    3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • Job 34:23
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    23For He does not need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

  • Job 31:14
    75%

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

  • Job 13:2-3
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    74%

    2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

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

  • Job 9:31
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    31You would plunge me into a pit, and even my clothes would abhor me.

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

  • Job 10:2
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    2I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

  • Job 19:7
    73%

    7Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

  • Job 16:21
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    21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as one does for his neighbor.

  • Job 4:17
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    17Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?

  • Job 12:3
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    3"But I too have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know things such as these?"

  • Job 13:22
    73%

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

  • Job 33:5-6
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    5If you can, answer me; prepare yourself before me and take your stand.

    6Look, I am like you before God; I too was formed from clay.

  • Job 38:3
    73%

    3Prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

  • Ps 143:2
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    2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.

  • Job 21:4
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    4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • Job 22:4
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    4Is it because of your reverence that He rebukes you and brings you into judgment?

  • Job 40:2-3
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    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:

  • Job 34:5
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    5For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.'

  • Job 37:23
    72%

    23The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is great in power, and in justice and abundant righteousness, He does not oppress.

  • Job 9:11
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    11Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him; He moves on, and I do not perceive Him.

  • Job 41:10
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    10His sneezes flash forth light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

  • Isa 50:8
    71%

    8He who vindicates me is near. Who will bring charges against me? Let us face each other. Who is my accuser? Let him confront me.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5If indeed you are exalting yourselves over me and using my disgrace to argue against me,

  • Job 33:9
    71%

    9'I am pure, without sin; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.'

  • Job 10:7
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    7You know that I am not wicked, and that no one can deliver me from Your hand.

  • Job 7:21
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    21Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.

  • Job 7:17
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    17What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,

  • 1 Sam 24:12
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    12Look, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Know and understand that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not sinned against you, but you are hunting me down to take my life.