If he will contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one in a thousand.
If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
“If one should want to contend or dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
If one should want to contend with Him, he cannot answer one [of His questions] in a thousand.
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
If one wanted to take him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand times.
If one wanted to take him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand times.
If one wants to contend with him, he won’t answer one in a thousand.
Whoever might want to argue with him could not answer him one [question] in a thousand.
Not once in a thousand times could we win our case if we took him to court.
If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
Anyone who chose to argue with him could not answer one question in a thousand!
It is not possible to argue with God. God can ask 1,000 questions that we cannot answer.
If someone wants to argue with God, he could not refute one charge out of a thousand.
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
Someone might want to ·argue with God [take God to court], but no one could answer God, not one time out of a thousand.
If he would dispute with him, he could not answer him one thing of thousand.
If he wished to debate with God, he wouldn’t be able to answer one question in a thousand.
How can anyone argue with him? He can ask a thousand questions that no one could ever answer.
If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand times.
A person might want to argue with God. But he could not answer God one time out of a thousand.
If one were to seek to argue with him, he won’t be able to answer him even once in a thousand times.
If he desires to contend with him, he will not be able to answer him one thing of a thousand.
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
If one desired to contend with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
If he wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
If God decides to argue with him, can a man answer even one question of a thousand he asks?
Job continued by saying: “So what’s new? I know all this. The question is, ‘How can mere mortals get right with God?’ If we wanted to bring our case before him, what chance would we have? Not one in a thousand! God’s wisdom is so deep, God’s power so immense, who could take him on and come out in one piece? He moves mountains before they know what’s happened, flips them on their heads on a whim. He gives the earth a good shaking up, rocks it down to its very foundations. He tells the sun, ‘Don’t shine,’ and it doesn’t; he pulls the blinds on the stars. All by himself he stretches out the heavens and strides on the waves of the sea. He designed the Big Dipper and Orion, the Pleiades and Alpha Centauri. We’ll never comprehend all the great things he does; his miracle-surprises can’t be counted. Somehow, though he moves right in front of me, I don’t see him; quietly but surely he’s active, and I miss it. If he steals you blind, who can stop him? Who’s going to say, ‘Hey, what are you doing?’ God doesn’t hold back on his anger; even dragon-bred monsters cringe before him.
If one would dispute with Him, he cannot answer Him once in a thousand times.
If he wished to debate with El, he wouldn’t be able to answer one question in a thousand.
Should one wish to contend with him, he could not answer him once in a thousand times.
If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
“If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
If someone wished to debate with him, he could not answer him once in a thousand.
Someone might want to argue with God, but no one could answer God, not one time out of a thousand.
If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
They might wish to argue with him. But they couldn’t answer him even once in a thousand times.
Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him once in a thousand times.
If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
If one wished to argue with Him, he would not be able to answer one out of a thousand of His questions.
If someone wanted to take God to court, would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.
If he will contend with Him, once of a thousand can Man not answer G-d back.
“If he would dispute with Him, he could not answer Him one thing of a thousand.
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
If anyone wished to contend with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand.
If one wanted to argue with Him, even in a thousand questions he would not be able to answer Him once.
If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
If he will strive with God, he may not answer to God one for a thousand. (And if he will argue with God, he cannot answer to God one question out of a thousand.)
If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.
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