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Job 9:19

NETBible	If it is a matter of strength,¹ most certainly² he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, ‘Who will summon me?’³
NIV © biblegateway Job 9:19	If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who will summon him?
NASB © biblegateway Job 9:19	"If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
NLT © biblegateway Job 9:19	As for strength, he has it. As for justice, who can challenge him?
MSG © biblegateway Job 9:19	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?
BBE © SABDAweb Job 9:19	If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 9:19	If it is a contest of strength, he is the strong one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
NKJV © biblegateway Job 9:19	If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court ?
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KJV	If [I speak] of strength <03581>_, lo, [he is] strong <0533>_: and if of judgment <04941>_, who shall set <03259> (8686) me a time [to plead]?
NASB © biblegateway Job 9:19	"If <0518> it is a matter of power <03581> , behold <02009> , He is the strong <0533> one <0533> ! And if <0518> it is a matter of justice <04941> , who <04310> can summon <03259> Him?
LXXM	oti <3754> CONJ men <3303> PRT gar <1063> PRT iscui <2479> N-DSF kratei <2902> V-PAI-3S tiv <5100> I-NSM oun <3767> PRT krimati <2917> N-DSN autou <846> D-GSM antisthsetai {V-FMI-3S}
NET [draft] ITL	If <0518> it is a matter of strength <03581> , most certainly <02009> he is the strong one <0533> ! And if <0518> it is a matter of justice <04941> , he will say, ‘Who <04310> will summon <03259> me?’
HEBREW	yndyewy <03259> ym <04310> jpsml <04941> Maw <0518> hnh <02009> Uyma <0533> xkl <03581> Ma (9:19) <0518>

NETBible

If it is a matter of strength,¹ most certainly² he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, ‘Who will summon me?’³

NET Notes

¹tn The MT has only “if of strength.”

²tn “Most certainly” translates the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh).

³tn The question could be taken as “who will summon me?” (see Jer 49:19 and 50:44). This does not make immediate sense. Some have simply changed the suffix to “who will summon him.” If the MT is retained, then supplying something like “he will say” could make the last clause fit the whole passage. Another option is to take it as “Who will reveal it to me?” – i.e., Job could be questioning his friends’ qualifications for being God’s emissaries to bring God’s charges against him (cf. KJV, NKJV; and see 10:2 where Job uses the same verb in the Hiphil to request that God reveal what his sin has been that has led to his suffering).

³sn Job is saying that whether it is a trial of strength or an appeal to justice, he is unable to go against God.