Job 9:3
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
KJV
Si voluerit contendere cum eo, non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.
Vulgate
ἐὰν γὰρ βούληται κριθῆναι αὐτῷ, οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ αὐτῷ, ἵνα μὴ ἀντείπῃ πρὸς ἕνα λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐκ χιλίων.
LXX
If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
ASV
אִם יַ֭חְפֹּץ לָ/רִ֣יב עִמּ֑/וֹ לֹֽא יַ֝עֲנֶ֗/נּוּ אַחַ֥ת מִנִּי אָֽלֶף
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
ה
h
verb · 70×
חָפֵ֥ץ
chpts
verb · 74×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Commencing with the invocation of God, Augustine relates in detail the beginning of his life, his infancy and boyhood, up to his fifteenth year; at which age he acknowledges that he was more inclined to all youthful pleasures and vices than to the study of letters. Chapter 1. He Proclaims the Greatness of God, Whom He Desires to Seek and Invoke, Being Awakened by Him. 1. Great …
Cross-references
- Eccl 6:10 — That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
- Job 10:2 — I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
- Job 13:3 — Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
- Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- Job 40:5 — Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.