Catholic Public Domain Version
"what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him? "
— Job 9:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?”
“How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him? ”
“How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?”
“The Impossibility of Facing God in Court“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!”
“What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?”
“How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?”
“How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?”
If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.
If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, “Why did you do so?”
God, whose wrath no one is able to resist, and under whom they bend who carry the world,
what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him?
And if I now have any justice, I will not respond, but will beseech my judge.
And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.
For he will crush me in a whirlwind and multiply my wounds, even without cause.