Catholic Public Domain Version
"And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice. "
— Job 9:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.”
“If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice. ”
“If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice.”
“If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice–”
“And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.”
“If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.”
“If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.”
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.
He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
If strength is sought, he is most strong; if equity in judgment, no one would dare to give testimony for me.