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Job 9

Job 9:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If he will
chaphets (Hebrew #2654)
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
KJV usage: X any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Pronounce: khaw-fates'
Origin: a primitive root
contend
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
with him, he cannot answer
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
him one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
of a thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
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Cross References

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he will contend.
Job 9:20,32‑33• 20If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
 32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
 33There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both. (Job 9:20,32‑33)
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Job 10:2• 2I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me. (Job 10:2)
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Job 23:3‑7• 3Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
 4I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
 5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
 6Would he plead against me with his great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
 7There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge. (Job 23:3‑7)
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Job 31:35‑37• 35Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
 36Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me as a crown;
 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him. (Job 31:35‑37)
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Job 33:13• 13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. (Job 33:13)
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Job 34:14‑15• 14If he only thought of himself, and gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,
 15All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust. (Job 34:14‑15)
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Job 40:2• 2Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it. (Job 40:2)
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Isa. 57:15‑16• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
 16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made. (Isa. 57:15‑16)
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Rom. 9:20• 20Aye, but thou, O man, who art *thou* that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? (Rom. 9:20)
he cannot.
Psa. 19:12• 12Who understandeth his errors? Purify me from secret faults. (Psa. 19:12)
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Psa. 40:12• 12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me. (Psa. 40:12)
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1 John 1:8• 8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8)
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1 John 3:20• 20that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. (1 John 3:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If he shall choose to strive with hima, he cannot answer hima one thing of a thousand.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. God.