Job 9:19 · KJV
“If {I speak} of strength, lo, {he is} strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time {to plead}?”
— Job 9:19
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: {if I say}, I {am} perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job 9 — Context
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19If {I speak} of strength, lo, {he is} strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time {to plead}?
20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: {if I say}, I {am} perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21{Though} I {were} perfect, {yet} would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Cross References
Job 9:4
{He is} wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened {himself} against him, and hath prospered?
Job 9:32-33
For {he is} not a man, as I {am, that} I should answer him, {and} we should come together in judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:25
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Job 40:9-10
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Psalms 62:11
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power {belongeth} unto God. {power: or, strength}
Job 33:5-7
If thou canst answer me, set {thy words} in order before me, stand up.
Job 36:17-19
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold {on thee}. {take...: or, should uphold thee}