Job 9:16
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 9:16 King James Version (KJV)
If I had called, and he had answered me; Yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Job 9:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.
Job 9:16 New Century Version (NCV)
If I called to him and he answered, I still don’t believe he would listen to me.
Job 9:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
Job 9:16 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
Job 9:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
Job 9:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.