Job 9:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?”

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BSBPD

“If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ifwe speakof strength, lo, he ismighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment--who doth convene me?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 9:19 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
  2. Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
  3. Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
  4. Job 33:5Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
  5. Job 36:17But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
  6. Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
  7. Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
  8. Psalms 62:12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
  9. Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
  10. 1 Corinthians 1:25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
  11. 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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