Verse 3

If one wishes to contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one in a thousand.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvis noen skulle gå til rette med ham, kunne han ikke svare en gang av tusen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Om noen vil strides med ham, kan han ikke svare ham én av tusen.

• Norsk King James

  Hvis han vil krangle med meg, kan jeg ikke svare ham én eneste gang.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvis han ønsker å strides med ham, kan han ikke svare ham på ett av tusen spørsmål.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvis han ønsket å strides med ham, kunne han ikke svare en gang av tusen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om han ville strides med ham, kan han ikke svare ham én gang av tusen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Om han skulle stride med ham, ville han ikke kunne gi ham selv ett svar blant tusen.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Om han ville strides med ham, kan han ikke svare ham én gang av tusen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ønsker han å tvistes med Gud, kan han ikke svare én av tusen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.9.3", "source": "אִם־יַ֭חְפֹּץ לָרִ֣יב עִמּ֑וֹ לֹֽא־יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ אַחַ֥ת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃", "text": "*ʾim-yaḥpōṣ* *lārîb* *ʿimmô* *lōʾ-yaʿănennû* *ʾaḥat* *minnî-ʾālep*", "grammar": { "*ʾim-yaḥpōṣ*": "conditional particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - if he desires", "*lārîb*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to contend/dispute", "*ʿimmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him", "*lōʾ-yaʿănennû*": "negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - he cannot answer him", "*ʾaḥat*": "feminine singular numeral - one", "*minnî-ʾālep*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - from/of a thousand" }, "variants": { "*yaḥpōṣ*": "to desire, take pleasure in, wish", "*rîb*": "to contend, dispute, plead", "*yaʿănennû*": "to answer, respond, reply" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvis noen ønsker å føre sak mot Ham, kan de ikke svare Ham én gang av tusen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om han haver Lyst til at trætte med ham, (saa) kan han ikke svare ham Eet af Tusinde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis han vil diskutere med ham, kan han ikke svare på én av tusen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis han vil strides med ham, kan han ikke svare én gang på tusen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Selv om man vil argumentere med Ham, svarer Han ikke én gang av tusen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvis han ønsker å gå i rette med ham, kan han ikke svare ham ett av tusen spørsmål.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Om et menneske ønsket å føre sak mot ham, kunne han ikke svare på en av tusen spørsmål.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf he wil argue with him, he shall not be able to answere him vnto one amonge a thousande.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If he wil argue with hym, he can not aunswere hym one thing of a thousande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

Referenced Verses

• Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.
• Job 40:2 : 2 Shall he who contends with the Almighty instruct him? He who reproves God, let him answer it.
• Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.
• Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me: my iniquities have taken hold of me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.
• Isa 57:15-16 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
• Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
• 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• 1 John 3:20 : 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
• Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6 Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.
• Job 31:35-37 : 35 Oh that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him.
• Job 33:13 : 13 Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.
• Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He sets His heart upon man, if He gathers to Himself His spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.
• Job 9:20 : 20 If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
• Job 9:32-33 : 32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment. 33 Nor is there any mediator between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.