Job 9:1-13

Amplified Bible

Job Says There Is No Arbitrator between God and Man

9 Then Job answered and said,

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“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?
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“If one should want to contend or dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
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“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?
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“It is God who removes the mountains, and they do not know it,
When He overturns them in His anger;
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Who shakes the earth out of its place,
And its pillars tremble;
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Who commands the sun, and it does not shine;
Who seals up the stars [from view];
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Who alone stretches out the heavens
And tramples down the ^[a]waves of the sea;
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Who made [the constellations] the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the [vast starry] spaces of the south;
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Who does great things, [beyond understanding,] unfathomable,
Yes, marvelous and wondrous things without number.
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“Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him;
He moves past me, but I do not perceive Him.
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“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back?
Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’