12 Behold, when he taketh a prey, [a]who can make him to restore it? who shall say unto him, What doest thou?

13 God [b]will not withdraw his anger, and the most mighty helpers [c]do stoop under him.

14 How much less shall I answer him? or how should I find out [d]my words with him?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:12 He showeth that when God doth execute his power, he doeth it justly, forasmuch as none can control him.
  2. Job 9:13 God will not be appeased for ought that man can say for himself for his justification.
  3. Job 9:13 That is, all the reasons that men can lay to approve their cause.
  4. Job 9:14 How should I be able to answer him by eloquence? whereby he noteth his friends, that albeit they were eloquent in talk, yet they felt not in heart, that which they spake.

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