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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 justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
 32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
 33Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might 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; show me wherefore thou contendest 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 even to his seat!
 4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
 5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
 6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
 7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. (Job 23:3‑7)
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Job 31:35‑37• 35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
 36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
 37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto 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 set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
 15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. (Job 34:14‑15)
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Job 40:2• 2Shall he that contendeth 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, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also 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 should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. (Isa. 57:15‑16)
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Rom. 9:20• 20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? (Rom. 9:20)
he cannot.
Psa. 19:12• 12Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou 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 am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth 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• 20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth 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.