Job 9:19

Modern

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

Traditional

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

Literal

If it is of power, behold, He is mighty; and if of justice, who can summon Him?

Latin

Si fortitudo quæritur, robustissimus est; si æquitas judicii, nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.

Hebrew

English

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case.

It includes:

A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32).
The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20).
A "mediator" (9:33–34).
A question of accusation (9:12).
A legal sentence (9:22).
A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).

Job 9:4
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
Job 9:32–33
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
1 Corinthians 1:25
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
Psalm 62:11
God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
Job 40:9–10
Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
Job 33:5–7
Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
Job 31:35
(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
Job 36:17–19
But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
1 Corinthians 10:22
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?