Job 9:14
Job 9:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
How can I answer Him [and plead my case], Choosing my words [to reason] with Him?
Job 9:14-20 The Message (MSG)
“So how could I ever argue with him, construct a defense that would influence God? Even though I’m innocent I could never prove it; I can only throw myself on the Judge’s mercy. If I called on God and he himself answered me, then, and only then, would I believe that he’d heard me. As it is, he knocks me about from pillar to post, beating me up, black-and-blue, for no good reason. He won’t even let me catch my breath, piles bitterness upon bitterness. If it’s a question of who’s stronger, he wins, hands down! If it’s a question of justice, who’ll serve him the subpoena? Even though innocent, anything I say incriminates me; blameless as I am, my defense just makes me sound worse.
Job 9:14 King James Version (KJV)
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?
Job 9:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him?
Job 9:14 New Century Version (NCV)
So how can I argue with God, or even find words to argue with him?
Job 9:14 American Standard Version (ASV)
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him?
Job 9:14 New International Version (NIV)
“How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?
Job 9:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
“How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?