Job 9:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:3 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:3 — KJV
“If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.”
— Job 9:3 (KJV)
Job 9:3 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 9:3
“And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:3: answer, one, thousand
“Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:3: cannot, answer, one
“Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:3: cannot, answer
“And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:3: cannot, one
“So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. in time...: Heb. to morrow”
Shares key themes with Job 9:3: answer, one
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