NET Bible
"If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’"
— Job 9:19, NET Bible
“If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?”
“Ifwe speakof strength, lo, he ismighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me? ”
“If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'”
“If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.”
“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?”
“If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?”
If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice–
he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’
Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.
I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.
Accusation of God’s Justice“It is all one! That is why I say,‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’