Job 9:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.”
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“If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Though I had called and He answereth me, I do not believe that He giveth ear <FI>to<Fi> my voice.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 9:16 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 6:9Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
- Judges 6:13“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
- Job 29:24If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
- Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Psalms 66:18If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- Psalms 116:1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
- Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- Luke 24:41While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
- Acts 12:14When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
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