Job 9:3

Job · Old Testament · Chapter 9

“If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.”Job 9:3

What Does Job 9:3 Mean?

Job 9:3 is found in the book of Job, chapter 9, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Job 9:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Job 10:2“I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.”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.”Job 13:3“Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.”Ecclesiastes 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 9:14“How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?”Job 9:20“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.”Job 9:32“For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.”Job 23:3“Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!”Job 31:35“Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.”Job 31:37“I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.”Job 33:13“Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.”Job 33:23“If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:”Psalms 19:12“Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.”Psalms 40:12“For 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.”Isaiah 57:15“For 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.”Romans 9:20“Nay 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?”1 John 1:8“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”1 John 3:20“For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.”Job 34:14“If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;”

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