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“Truly I know that it is so,
but[a] how can a human being be just before God?
If he wants to contend with him,
he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
He is wise in[b] heart and mighty in[c] strength;
who has resisted him and succeeded?[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:2 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 9:4 Hebrew “of”
  3. Job 9:4 Hebrew “of”
  4. Job 9:4 Literally “he succeeded”

“Indeed, I know that this is true.
    But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)
Though they wished to dispute with him,(B)
    they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.(C)
His wisdom(D) is profound, his power is vast.(E)
    Who has resisted(F) him and come out unscathed?(G)

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