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Job Chapter 9 verse 19 Holy Bible

ASV Job 9:19

If `we speak' of strength, lo, `he is' mighty! And if of justice, Who, `saith he', will summon me?
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BBE Job 9:19

If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
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DARBY Job 9:19

Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
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KJV Job 9:19

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
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WBT Job 9:19

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
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WEB Job 9:19

If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'
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YLT Job 9:19

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong. Still the idea is, "How can I contend with God? If it is to be a trial of strength, it is he who is strong, not I; if it is to be a suit, or pleading for justice, who will appoint me a day?" And if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? (comp. below, ver 33).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) If I speak of strength.--All this is the most uncompromising acknowledgment of the absolute inability of man to stand in judgment before God. The whole of this is so very abrupt and enigmatical that it is extremely difficult to be sure of the argument, though naturally the general drift of it is obvious enough. "If it were a trial of strength--Who is Almighty?--and if it was a matter of judgment, is He not judge and court together? and what authority that He would acknowledge could give me the opportunity of pleading my cause before Him? Were I righteous, my own mouth would show me wicked; were I perfect, then would it or He prove me perverse. Were I perfect, I should not know myself, or know it myself. I despise my life under such conditions; therefore, said I, it is all one: He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked alike."