Job 9:19
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Cross-references
Job 9:4 already declared God's wisdom and strength — here Job reiterates that no one prospers against the Almighty.
Job 9:32 develops the same thought — God is not a man to be summoned, so humans cannot contend with Him.
Job 9:33 wishes for a mediator, expanding on the legal impossibility stated here — no one can summon God to court.
Job 40:9 has God asking if Job has an arm like His — confirming that God's strength is incomparable.
Job 37:23 declares God’s power is unfindable yet just — strongly echoing the same theme of God’s inaccessible might from this verse.
Job 23:6 hopes God would not use His power against him — a hopeful reversal of the despair over God’s irresistible might here.
In Job 22:4, Eliphaz implies God’s judgment is deserved for piety, contrasting Job’s complaint that God’s power makes a fair trial impossible.
Job 31:35 echoes the same longing for a legal hearing, where Job demands that God answer his case.
In Job 33:5-7, Elihu claims equality with Job and invites argument — contrasting Job’s view that God is too mighty to be summoned.
In Job 35:14, Elihu rebukes Job for saying God does not see, arguing that God does judge — opposing Job’s claim that God cannot be summoned.
Job 14:3 questions why God would judge a frail mortal, continuing the theme of God’s unapproachable justice from this verse.
Job 36:5 affirms God’s might alongside His justice, adding a positive dimension to the raw power described in this verse.
Psalm 62:11 declares that power belongs to God — exactly echoing Job's acknowledgment here of God's unmatched might.
1 Corinthians 10:22 asks 'Are we stronger than He?' — directly echoing Job's rhetorical question about contending with God.
Romans 9:19 anticipates the objection about God's sovereignty—'who has resisted His will?'—paralleling Job's lament that no one can contend with God.
1 Corinthians 1:25 says God's weakness is stronger than men — reinforcing the idea that divine power exceeds human strength.