Job 9:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice–

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  • Exod 6:9 : 9 Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.
  • Judg 6:13 : 13 Gideon said to him,“Pardon me, but if the LORD is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said,‘Did the LORD not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”
  • Job 29:24 : 24 If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.
  • Ps 18:6 : 6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.
  • Ps 66:18-20 : 18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 However, God heard; he listened to my prayer. 20 God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me!
  • Ps 116:1-2 : 1 I love the LORD because he heard my plea for mercy, 2 and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help.
  • Ps 126:1 : 1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming.
  • Luke 24:41 : 41 And while they still could not believe it(because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them,“Do you have anything here to eat?”
  • Acts 12:14-16 : 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 But they said to her,“You’ve lost your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying,“It is his angel!” 16 Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.

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    18He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.

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    32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

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    15You will call and I– I will answer you; you will long for the creature you have made.

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