Job 9:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:14 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:14 — KJV
“How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?”
— Job 9:14 (KJV)
Job 9:14 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 9:14
“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?”
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“But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!”
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“Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?”
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“All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.”
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“Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? meet: Heb. made fit”
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